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Getting the pattern back from a compiled re?

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You can get it back with

x.pattern

from the Python Regular Expression Objects page

Bill the Lizard 2008-10-10 12:01:41

bill, do you know why dir(x) does not show pattern in the list?

Bartosz Radaczyński 2008-10-10 12:05:06

I'm not sure. It could be because it's not a method, but a property.

Bill the Lizard 2008-10-10 12:09:10

I'll post another question :)

Bartosz Radaczyński 2008-10-10 12:12:55

Good idea, now I'm interested to know. :)

Bill the Lizard 2008-10-10 12:14:54

I actually rephrased it a bit, since the docs say that the list need not to be complete (whatever Guido means by this statement...). check it out here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/191010/how-to-get-a-complete-list-of-objects-methods-and-attributes

Bartosz Radaczyński 2008-10-10 12:20:32

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