Commit 9f5b822f authored by Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Convert docstring to "raw" string.

parent 54e54c68
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# other compatibility work. # other compatibility work.
# #
"""Support for regular expressions (RE). r"""Support for regular expressions (RE).
This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to This module provides regular expression matching operations similar to
those found in Perl. It's 8-bit clean: the strings being processed may those found in Perl. It's 8-bit clean: the strings being processed may
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The special sequences consist of "\\" and a character from the list The special sequences consist of "\\" and a character from the list
below. If the ordinary character is not on the list, then the below. If the ordinary character is not on the list, then the
resulting RE will match the second character. resulting RE will match the second character.
\\number Matches the contents of the group of the same number. \number Matches the contents of the group of the same number.
\\A Matches only at the start of the string. \A Matches only at the start of the string.
\\Z Matches only at the end of the string. \Z Matches only at the end of the string.
\\b Matches the empty string, but only at the start or end of a word. \b Matches the empty string, but only at the start or end of a word.
\\B Matches the empty string, but not at the start or end of a word. \B Matches the empty string, but not at the start or end of a word.
\\d Matches any decimal digit; equivalent to the set [0-9]. \d Matches any decimal digit; equivalent to the set [0-9].
\\D Matches any non-digit character; equivalent to the set [^0-9]. \D Matches any non-digit character; equivalent to the set [^0-9].
\\s Matches any whitespace character; equivalent to [ \\t\\n\\r\\f\\v]. \s Matches any whitespace character; equivalent to [ \t\n\r\f\v].
\\S Matches any non-whitespace character; equiv. to [^ \\t\\n\\r\\f\\v]. \S Matches any non-whitespace character; equiv. to [^ \t\n\r\f\v].
\\w Matches any alphanumeric character; equivalent to [a-zA-Z0-9_]. \w Matches any alphanumeric character; equivalent to [a-zA-Z0-9_].
With LOCALE, it will match the set [0-9_] plus characters defined With LOCALE, it will match the set [0-9_] plus characters defined
as letters for the current locale. as letters for the current locale.
\\W Matches the complement of \\w. \W Matches the complement of \w.
\\\\ Matches a literal backslash. \\ Matches a literal backslash.
This module exports the following functions: This module exports the following functions:
match Match a regular expression pattern to the beginning of a string. match Match a regular expression pattern to the beginning of a string.
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