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Note that str.find returns -1 for missing sub-strings, that should be handled as well.

Ashwini Chaudhary
– Ashwini Chaudhary

2014-02-03 18:17:27 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2014 at 18:17
I never thought of using regex, I'm not that well versed in it. But the given regex code, how does it read (find string "" and return ..)?

KDecker
– KDecker

2014-02-03 20:55:37 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2014 at 20:55
Take a look at regex101.com/r/aX9yI6 - it might help. Basically, the (?:...) means "look for ... but don't capture it (i.e. return it in output)". The \s* means "look for any amount of whitespace". Finally, (\d+) means "look for one or more digits, and capture it (i.e. return it in output)".

senshin
– senshin

2014-02-03 21:00:11 +00:00
Commented Feb 3, 2014 at 21:00

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