#!/usr/bin/env python # encoding: utf-8 # # Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann. All rights reserved. # """Repetition of patterns """ #end_pymotw_header from re_test_patterns import test_patterns test_patterns('abbaaabbbbaaaaa', [ 'a.', # a followed by any one character 'b.', # b followed by any one character 'a.*b', # a followed by anything, ending in b 'a.*?b', # a followed by anything, ending in b ])