From 7d447aabbf6a97f5d2a988e56fb9381cdfba32d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 16:03:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Moved search and match around so that search is documented
 first.

---
 Doc/lib/libre.tex | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index ca1d88be24d..a6e1316c3fc 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -364,10 +364,13 @@ leftmost such \character{\#} through the end of the line are ignored.
 \end{datadesc}
 
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{escape}{string}
-  Return \var{string} with all non-alphanumerics backslashed; this is
-  useful if you want to match an arbitrary literal string that may have
-  regular expression metacharacters in it.
+\begin{funcdesc}{search}{pattern, string\optional{, flags}}
+  Scan through \var{string} looking for a location where the regular
+  expression \var{pattern} produces a match, and return a
+  corresponding \class{MatchObject} instance.
+  Return \code{None} if no
+  position in the string matches the pattern; note that this is
+  different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{match}{pattern, string\optional{, flags}}
@@ -378,15 +381,6 @@ leftmost such \character{\#} through the end of the line are ignored.
   match.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
-\begin{funcdesc}{search}{pattern, string\optional{, flags}}
-  Scan through \var{string} looking for a location where the regular
-  expression \var{pattern} produces a match, and return a
-  corresponding \class{MatchObject} instance.
-  Return \code{None} if no
-  position in the string matches the pattern; note that this is
-  different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string.
-\end{funcdesc}
-
 \begin{funcdesc}{split}{pattern, string, \optional{, maxsplit\code{ = 0}}}
   Split \var{string} by the occurrences of \var{pattern}.  If
   capturing parentheses are used in \var{pattern}, then the text of all
@@ -469,6 +463,12 @@ Perform the same operation as \function{sub()}, but return a tuple
 \code{(\var{new_string}, \var{number_of_subs_made})}.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{escape}{string}
+  Return \var{string} with all non-alphanumerics backslashed; this is
+  useful if you want to match an arbitrary literal string that may have
+  regular expression metacharacters in it.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \begin{excdesc}{error}
   Exception raised when a string passed to one of the functions here
   is not a valid regular expression (e.g., unmatched parentheses) or
@@ -482,6 +482,18 @@ Perform the same operation as \function{sub()}, but return a tuple
 Compiled regular expression objects support the following methods and
 attributes:
 
+\begin{methoddesc}[RegexObject]{search}{string\optional{, pos}\optional{,
+                                        endpos}}
+  Scan through \var{string} looking for a location where this regular
+  expression produces a match, and return a
+  corresponding \class{MatchObject} instance.  Return \code{None} if no
+  position in the string matches the pattern; note that this is
+  different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string.
+  
+  The optional \var{pos} and \var{endpos} parameters have the same
+  meaning as for the \method{match()} method.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
 \begin{methoddesc}[RegexObject]{match}{string\optional{, pos}\optional{,
                                        endpos}}
   If zero or more characters at the beginning of \var{string} match
@@ -503,18 +515,6 @@ attributes:
   searched for a match.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
-\begin{methoddesc}[RegexObject]{search}{string\optional{, pos}\optional{,
-                                        endpos}}
-  Scan through \var{string} looking for a location where this regular
-  expression produces a match, and return a
-  corresponding \class{MatchObject} instance.  Return \code{None} if no
-  position in the string matches the pattern; note that this is
-  different from finding a zero-length match at some point in the string.
-  
-  The optional \var{pos} and \var{endpos} parameters have the same
-  meaning as for the \method{match()} method.
-\end{methoddesc}
-
 \begin{methoddesc}[RegexObject]{split}{string, \optional{,
                                        maxsplit\code{ = 0}}}
 Identical to the \function{split()} function, using the compiled pattern.