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     #!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann.  All rights reserved.
     #
     """Matching newlines in multiline input
     """
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import re
     
     text = 'This is some text -- with punctuation.\nAnd a second line.'
     pattern = r'.+'
     no_newlines = re.compile(pattern)
     dotall = re.compile(pattern, re.DOTALL)
     
     print 'Text        :', repr(text)
     print 'Pattern     :', pattern
     print 'No newlines :', no_newlines.findall(text)
     print 'Dotall      :', dotall.findall(text)
     
     

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