On 8/12/12 23:57:48, rh wrote: > Not sure if the \w sequence includes the - or the . or the / > I think it does not. You guessed right: >>> [ c for c in 'x-./y' if re.match(r'\w', c) ] ['x', 'y'] >>> So x and y match \w and -, . and / do not. Hope this helps, -- HansM