From ffefb1df566c80881bdb353dcab51947d7c5ae5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:57:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify the endpos argument to the rx.match() method. Closes SF bug #597177. --- Doc/lib/libre.tex | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex index 4a5eda361ca..bff13fa4140 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex @@ -668,8 +668,12 @@ attributes: The optional parameter \var{endpos} limits how far the string will be searched; it will be as if the string is \var{endpos} characters - long, so only the characters from \var{pos} to \var{endpos} will be - searched for a match. + long, so only the characters from \var{pos} to \code{\var{endpos} - + 1} will be searched for a match. If \var{endpos} is less than + \var{pos}, no match will be found, otherwise, if \var{rx} is a + compiled regular expression object, + \code{\var{rx}.match(\var{string}, 0, 50)} is equivalent to + \code{\var{rx}.match(\var{string}[:50], 0)}. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}[RegexObject]{split}{string\optional{,