Python re.search simple question

[Shiyao Ma]

On Dec 08 at 12:22 +0530, Ganesh Pal wrote:
> Hi Folks ,
>
> This  might seem to be very trivial question but iam breaking my head over
> it for a while .
>
>  My understanding is that re.search should search for the match anywhere in
> the string .
>
>
> why is re.search failing in the below case  ??
>
> >>> pattern
> 'Token-based migrations cannot be mixed with level-based: [prev 0 , now 1]'

I sense a bad smell. Be sure to escape the bracket [ ]

> >>> text
> ' LogMessage {type NDMP_LOG_DBG} {msg_id 0} {msg The process id for NDMP
> service is 0x9c216370} {associated_msg 0} {associated_msg_seq 0} Source
> filer:DartOS  Error: Token-based migrations cannot be mixed with
> level-based: [prev 0 , now 1]'
>
> >>> if (re.search(pattern,text)):
> ...    print "Hi"
> ... else:
> ...     print "BYE"
> ...

so see here: https://bpaste.net/show/d2f1cf66a492 . It prints "HI"

/me always wishes code is sent without others doing some extra formatting before testing.

Hope that helps.




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