[Tutor] a re question

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Newbie Python wrote:

> How can use re to match something like:
> js="""
> <script language="JavaScript">
> blahblahblahblahblahblahblah
> blahblahblahblah
> blahblahblahblah
> </script>
> """
>
> I use this:
> re.match(r"<script.+?</script>",js,re.S)
> but it will not match..
>
> Can you please tell me why and how to write the regex?

There's a newline in the beginning of your string. Use
".*<script[^>]*>.*</script>.*" instead.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio@openservices.net>