Match any unicode letter?
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In .net you can use p{L} to match any letter, how can I do the same in Python? Namely, I want to match any uppercase, lowercase, and accented letters.
python regex character-properties
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In .net you can use p{L} to match any letter, how can I do the same in Python? Namely, I want to match any uppercase, lowercase, and accented letters.
python regex character-properties
asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
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See: stackoverflow.com/questions/1832893/…
– Jeff Mercado
Jun 11 '11 at 7:08
2
You know that'é'isn't aunicodein 2.x, right?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Jun 11 '11 at 7:46
2
Tryr.match(u'é')
– Tim Pietzcker
Jun 11 '11 at 7:55
@Ignacio/Tim: Oh! Right. Forgot about that! Thanks :D It's a little confusing because it doesn't throw an error or anything either.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:09
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up vote
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up vote
9
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In .net you can use p{L} to match any letter, how can I do the same in Python? Namely, I want to match any uppercase, lowercase, and accented letters.
python regex character-properties
asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
120k166636932
In .net you can use p{L} to match any letter, how can I do the same in Python? Namely, I want to match any uppercase, lowercase, and accented letters.
python regex character-properties
python regex character-properties
asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
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asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
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edited Feb 20 '15 at 16:36
asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
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asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
120k166636932
asked Jun 11 '11 at 7:05
mpen
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See: stackoverflow.com/questions/1832893/…
– Jeff Mercado
Jun 11 '11 at 7:08
2
You know that'é'isn't aunicodein 2.x, right?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Jun 11 '11 at 7:46
2
Tryr.match(u'é')
– Tim Pietzcker
Jun 11 '11 at 7:55
@Ignacio/Tim: Oh! Right. Forgot about that! Thanks :D It's a little confusing because it doesn't throw an error or anything either.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:09
add a comment |
1
See: stackoverflow.com/questions/1832893/…
– Jeff Mercado
Jun 11 '11 at 7:08
2
You know that'é'isn't aunicodein 2.x, right?
– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Jun 11 '11 at 7:46
2
Tryr.match(u'é')
– Tim Pietzcker
Jun 11 '11 at 7:55
@Ignacio/Tim: Oh! Right. Forgot about that! Thanks :D It's a little confusing because it doesn't throw an error or anything either.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:09
1
1
See: stackoverflow.com/questions/1832893/…
– Jeff Mercado
Jun 11 '11 at 7:08
See: stackoverflow.com/questions/1832893/…
– Jeff Mercado
Jun 11 '11 at 7:08
2
2
You know that
'é' isn't a unicode in 2.x, right?– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Jun 11 '11 at 7:46
You know that
'é' isn't a unicode in 2.x, right?– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Jun 11 '11 at 7:46
2
2
Try
r.match(u'é')– Tim Pietzcker
Jun 11 '11 at 7:55
Try
r.match(u'é')– Tim Pietzcker
Jun 11 '11 at 7:55
@Ignacio/Tim: Oh! Right. Forgot about that! Thanks :D It's a little confusing because it doesn't throw an error or anything either.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:09
@Ignacio/Tim: Oh! Right. Forgot about that! Thanks :D It's a little confusing because it doesn't throw an error or anything either.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:09
add a comment |
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Python's re module doesn't support Unicode properties yet. But you can compile your regex using the re.UNICODE flag, and then the character class shorthand w will match Unicode letters, too.
Since w will also match digits, you need to then subtract those from your character class, along with the underscore:
[^Wd_]
will match any Unicode letter.
>>> import re
>>> r = re.compile(r'[^Wd_]', re.U)
>>> r.match('x')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000001DBCF38>
>>> r.match(u'é')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000002253030>
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
It works perfectly, but'é'is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.
– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
@rosh tryu'é'
– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$
– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
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1 Answer
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
votes
up vote
21
down vote
accepted
Python's re module doesn't support Unicode properties yet. But you can compile your regex using the re.UNICODE flag, and then the character class shorthand w will match Unicode letters, too.
Since w will also match digits, you need to then subtract those from your character class, along with the underscore:
[^Wd_]
will match any Unicode letter.
>>> import re
>>> r = re.compile(r'[^Wd_]', re.U)
>>> r.match('x')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000001DBCF38>
>>> r.match(u'é')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000002253030>
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
It works perfectly, but'é'is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.
– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
@rosh tryu'é'
– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$
– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
add a comment |
up vote
21
down vote
accepted
Python's re module doesn't support Unicode properties yet. But you can compile your regex using the re.UNICODE flag, and then the character class shorthand w will match Unicode letters, too.
Since w will also match digits, you need to then subtract those from your character class, along with the underscore:
[^Wd_]
will match any Unicode letter.
>>> import re
>>> r = re.compile(r'[^Wd_]', re.U)
>>> r.match('x')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000001DBCF38>
>>> r.match(u'é')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000002253030>
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
It works perfectly, but'é'is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.
– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
@rosh tryu'é'
– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$
– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
add a comment |
up vote
21
down vote
accepted
up vote
21
down vote
accepted
Python's re module doesn't support Unicode properties yet. But you can compile your regex using the re.UNICODE flag, and then the character class shorthand w will match Unicode letters, too.
Since w will also match digits, you need to then subtract those from your character class, along with the underscore:
[^Wd_]
will match any Unicode letter.
>>> import re
>>> r = re.compile(r'[^Wd_]', re.U)
>>> r.match('x')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000001DBCF38>
>>> r.match(u'é')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000002253030>
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
Python's re module doesn't support Unicode properties yet. But you can compile your regex using the re.UNICODE flag, and then the character class shorthand w will match Unicode letters, too.
Since w will also match digits, you need to then subtract those from your character class, along with the underscore:
[^Wd_]
will match any Unicode letter.
>>> import re
>>> r = re.compile(r'[^Wd_]', re.U)
>>> r.match('x')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000001DBCF38>
>>> r.match(u'é')
<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0x0000000002253030>
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
edited Jun 11 '11 at 7:56
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
answered Jun 11 '11 at 7:09
Tim Pietzcker
244k40363453
244k40363453
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
It works perfectly, but'é'is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.
– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
@rosh tryu'é'
– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$
– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
add a comment |
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
It works perfectly, but'é'is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.
– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
@rosh tryu'é'
– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$
– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
Clever, but it doesn't seem to work. See update. I copied that e off of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters, it doesn't seem to recognize it.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 7:44
It works perfectly, but
'é' is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
It works perfectly, but
'é' is not an Unicode object, it's a string of bytes.– Rosh Oxymoron
Jun 11 '11 at 7:48
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
Thanks guys! Darn unicode :) Causes nothing but problems.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:10
@rosh try
u'é'– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
@rosh try
u'é'– Seán Hayes
Mar 9 '17 at 19:55
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
^[a-zœéèâêçàñ ]+$– Natim
Mar 30 at 14:08
add a comment |
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See: stackoverflow.com/questions/1832893/…
– Jeff Mercado
Jun 11 '11 at 7:08
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You know that
'é'isn't aunicodein 2.x, right?– Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Jun 11 '11 at 7:46
2
Try
r.match(u'é')– Tim Pietzcker
Jun 11 '11 at 7:55
@Ignacio/Tim: Oh! Right. Forgot about that! Thanks :D It's a little confusing because it doesn't throw an error or anything either.
– mpen
Jun 11 '11 at 17:09