check if regeular expression has results

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:58:22 -0700, shahargs wrote:

> I'm looking for the best way to check if regular expression return
> true (it's mean - there is a match). for example, i want "if" that
> check if this regular expression: .*born.*to.* has a match.
> 
> What's the way to do that simply?

Simply use an ``if`` on the result of the search or match.  If the regular
expression doesn't match `None` is returned, which is `False` in a boolean
context, otherwise a match object is returned, which is `True` in a
boolean context.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch