[Tutor] returning the entire line when regex matches

[Alan Gauld]

"Nick Burgess" <burgess.nick at gmail.com> wrote 

> How do I make this code print lines NOT containing the string 'Domains'?
> 

Don't use regex, use in:

for line in log:
     if "Domains" in line:
         print line

> This does not work...
> 
> if re.search != (r'Domains:', line):

Because you are assigning a tuple containing a string and a line 
of text to a name which is currently bound to a function object 
(re.search) which is not a sensible thing to do since you lose access 
to the search function. If you really do need to use regex you probably 
want:

     if not re.search(r'Domains', line):
           print line

But if it is a simple string you are searching for regex is overkill 
and probably slower than using in.

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Alan Gauld
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