Python re.search simple question

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Ganesh Pal writes:

> why is re.search failing in the below case  ??

Your pattern, '... level-based: [prev 0 , now 1]', matches a literal
string '--- level-based: ' followed by 'p', 'r', 'e', 'v', ' ', '0',
..., or '1', none of which is the '[' found in your text at that
position.

Are you sure you need a regexp?

If you are, make your pattern r'... \[prev 0 , now 1\]'. The 'r' is
not a typo.