Message 69134 - Python tracker

Message69134

Author	mrabarnett
Recipients	mrabarnett
Date	2008-07-02.22:07:48
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Message-id	<1215036469.9.0.581701421463.issue3262@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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re.split doesn't split a string when the regex matches a zero characters. For example: re.split(r'\b', 'a b') returns ['a b'] instead of ['', 'a', ' ', 'b', '']. re.split(r'(?<!\w)(?=\w)', 'a b') returns ['a b'] instead of ['', 'a ', 'b'].

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re.split doesn't split a string when the regex matches a zero characters.

For example:

re.split(r'\b', 'a b') returns ['a b'] instead of ['', 'a', ' ', 'b', ''].

re.split(r'(?<!\w)(?=\w)', 'a b') returns ['a b'] instead of ['', 'a ',
'b'].

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-07-02 22:07:50	mrabarnett	set	spambayes_score: 0.0242532 -> 0.024253152 recipients: + mrabarnett
2008-07-02 22:07:49	mrabarnett	set	spambayes_score: 0.0242532 -> 0.0242532 messageid: <1215036469.9.0.581701421463.issue3262@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-07-02 22:07:48	mrabarnett	link	issue3262 messages
2008-07-02 22:07:48	mrabarnett	create