Python re.search simple question

[Jussi Piitulainen]

Jussi Piitulainen writes:

> 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.

On the other hand, the '---' *is* a typo, meant to be an ellipsis
where I shortened your text. The shortened pattern would still match
it, but that's an accident: '.' has a special meaning in a regexp.

Sorry about that.