Python: POSIX character class in regex?

Question

How can I find, for example, a sequence of 10 isprint

characters in a given string in Python?

With GNU grep, I would just do grep [[:print:]]{10}

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nodakai 10 Aug 15 at 8:53

1 answer

Wiktor Stribiżew · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-10T09:01:13+0000

Since POSIX is not supported by the Python module re

, you must emulate it using a character class.

You can use one of the regular-expressions.info and add a limit quantifier {10}

:

[\x20-\x7E]{10}

Watch the demo

Alternatively, you can use Matthew Barnett's regex module , which claims to support POSIX character classes (POSIX character classes are supported).