Match First Sequence in Regular Expression?

[Alex Martelli]

Christoph Conrad <nospam at spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> Hallo Alex,
> 
> >> r = re.compile("[^a]*a{3}b+(a+b*)*") matches = [s for s in
> >> listOfStringsToTest if r.match(s)]
> 
> > Unfortunately, the OP's spec is even more complex than this, if we are
> > to take to the letter what you just quoted; e.g. aazaaab SHOULD match,
> 
> Then it's again "a{3}b", isn't it?

Except that this one would also match aazaaaaab, which it shouldn't.


Alex