Hostmask matching

[Marc Schoechlin]

Hi !

Nexu <nexu.jin at gmail.com> schrieb:
> I'm trying to write a def to match a string that is an irc hostmask. eg:
> *one!~*name at a??-??-101-101.someisp.com
> But using re.search(). I get an error when the string starts with '*'.
> What is the best way to solve this?

I suppose the problem occurs because you expression is not a valid
regular expression.

A correct regular expression should look like this:
".*one!~.*name at a..-..-101-101.someisp.com"

Best regards

Marc Schoechlin

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