idiom for RE matching

[Ben Finney]

Gordon Airporte <JHoover at fbi.gov> writes:

> The actual code uses the proper 'if foo in line or if bar in line:'
> form.

    >>> line = "spam eggs ham"
    >>> foo = "spam"
    >>> bar = "sausage"
    >>> if foo in line or if bar in line:
      File "<stdin>", line 1
        if foo in line or if bar in line:
                           ^
    SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Not that I want to pick on you; I just don't want something wrong
labelled as "proper" to go unchallenged in the archives :-)

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Ben Finney