[Tutor] Python Challenge - Riddle 2

[Liam Clarke]

Hi,

So... the [^A-Z] limits the [A-Z]{3}?... /me picks at IDLE. Dang, it does. 
Thanks a bundle, Roel! And I learn a little more about regexes.... :Z


Cheers, 


Liam Clarke


On 5/10/05, Roel Schroeven <rschroev_nospam_ml at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> 
> Liam Clarke wrote:
> 
> > This matches '[A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}' 477 occurences... so I hope
> > that it's all the same letter.
> 
> You have to many occurences because that regex matches XXXxXXX, but also
> XXXXXXxXXXXXX. You should only match exactly 3 guards on each side. IIRC
> I used something like (sadly I threw my code for levels 1 and 2 away):
> '[^A-Z][A-Z]{3}[a-z]{1}[A-Z]{3}[^A-Z]'
> 
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> Roel Schroeven
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