#!/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', [ 'ab*?', # a followed by zero or more b 'ab+?', # a followed by one or more b 'ab??', # a followed by zero or one b 'ab{3}?', # a followed by three b 'ab{2,3}?', # a followed by two to three b ])