[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #21593: (from StackOverflow) minor doc clarification for re.search.

[terry.reedy]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/f7bb1d73a341
changeset:   90916:f7bb1d73a341
branch:      2.7
parent:      90914:735fdcc738a5
user:        Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>
date:        Fri May 30 16:19:50 2014 -0400
summary:
  Issue #21593: (from StackOverflow) minor doc clarification for re.search.

files:
  Doc/library/re.rst |  2 +-
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst
--- a/Doc/library/re.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/re.rst
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@
 
 .. function:: search(pattern, string, flags=0)
 
-   Scan through *string* looking for a location where the regular expression
+   Scan through *string* looking for the first location where the regular expression
    *pattern* produces a match, and return a corresponding :class:`MatchObject`
    instance. Return ``None`` if no position in the string matches the pattern; note
    that this is different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the

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