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Subject: RE: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()
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Is there some utility function out there that can be called to show what the
regular expression you typed in will look like by the time it is ready to be
used?

Obviously, life is not that simple as it can go through multiple layers with
each dealing with a layer of backslashes.

But for simple cases, ...



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Behalf Of Gilmeh Serda via Python-list
Sent: Friday, October 11, 2024 10:44 AM
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Subject: Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()

On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 08:35:32 -0500, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

> I'm trying to discard lines that include the string "\sout{" (which is
> TeX, for those who are curious. I have tried:
>    if not re.search("\sout{", line): if not re.search("\sout\{", line):
>    if not re.search("\\sout{", line): if not re.search("\\sout\{",
>    line):
> 
> But the lines with that string keep coming through. What is the right
> syntax to properly escape the backslash and the left curly bracket?

$ python
Python 3.12.6 (main, Sep  8 2024, 13:18:56) [GCC 14.2.1 20240805] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import re
>>> s = r"testing \sout{WHADDEVVA}"
>>> re.search(r"\\sout{", s)
<re.Match object; span=(8, 14), match='\\sout{'>

You want a literal backslash, hence, you need to escape everything.

It is not enough to escape the "\s" as "\\s", because that only takes care 
of Python's demands for escaping "\". You also need to escape the "\" for 
the RegEx as well, or it will read it like it means "\s", which is the 
RegEx for a space character and therefore your search doesn't match, 
because it reads it like you want to search for " out{".

Therefore, you need to escape it either as per my example, or by using 
four "\" and no "r" in front of the first quote, which also works:

>>> re.search("\\\\sout{", s)
<re.Match object; span=(8, 14), match='\\sout{'>

You don't need to escape the curly braces. We call them "seagull wings" 
where I live.

-- 
Gilmeh

Sometimes I simply feel that the whole world is a cigarette and I'm the 
only ashtray.
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