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Moved search and match around so that search is documented first.

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Guido van Rossum 1998-10-13 16:03:52 +00:00
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@ -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.