#!/usr/bin/env python # encoding: utf-8 # # Copyright (c) 2010 Doug Hellmann. All rights reserved. # """Multiline input """ #end_pymotw_header import re text = 'This is some text -- with punctuation.\nAnd a second line.' pattern = r'(^\w+)|(\w+\S*$)' single_line = re.compile(pattern) multiline = re.compile(pattern, re.MULTILINE) print 'Text :', repr(text) print 'Pattern :', pattern print 'Single Line :', single_line.findall(text) print 'Multline :', multiline.findall(text)