Match First Sequence in Regular Expression?

[Roger L. Cauvin]

"Christos Georgiou" <tzot at sil-tec.gr> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:01:07 +0100, rumours say that "Fredrik Lundh"
> <fredrik at pythonware.com> might have written:
>
>>Roger L. Cauvin wrote:
>>
>>> Good suggestion.  Here are some "test cases":
>>>
>>> "xyz123aaabbab" accept
>>> "xyz123aabbaab" reject
>>> "xayz123aaabab" accept
>>> "xaaayz123abab" reject
>>> "xaaayz123aaabab" accept
>>
>>$ more test.py
>
> [snip of code]
>>    m = re.search("aaab", string)
> [snip of more code]
>
>>$ python test.py
>>got    expected
>>---------------
>>accept accept
>>reject reject
>>accept accept
>>reject reject
>>accept accept
>
> You're right, Fredrik, but we (graciously as a group :) take also notice 
> of
> the other requirements that the OP has provided elsewhere and that are not
> covered by the simple test that he specified.

My fault, guys.  The second test case should be

"xyz123aabbaaab" reject

instead of

"xyz123aabbaab" reject

Fredrik's pattern fails this test case.

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Roger L. Cauvin
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