re.match and non-alphanumeric characters

[Steve Holden]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
> John Machin schrieb:
>> On Nov 17, 4:44 am, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
>>
>>>  Match matches the whole string.
>>
>> *ONLY* if the pattern ends with "$" or r"\Z"
> 
> 
> You think so?
> 
> import re
> 
> rex = re.compile("abc.*def")
> 
> if rex.match("abc0123455678def"):
>     print "matched"
> 
Your test is inconclusive: necessary, but not sufficient.

>>> rex = re.compile("abc.*def")
>>>
>>> if rex.match("abc0123455678defPLUSEXTRASTUFF"):
...     print "Matched"
...
Matched
>>>

regards
 Steve
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