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You've got to make him/Regular express himself
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regexhimself
Python 2.7.4 (default, Jul 7 2013, 10:52:14)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.1.00)] on darwin
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>>> import re
>>> re.search("^([Hh]ey ?){4}$", "Hey hey hey hey") is not None
True
>>> re.search("^([Hh]ey ?){4}$", "Hey hey hey hey ") is not None
True
>>> re.search("^([Hh]ey ?){4}$", "Hey hey hey hey ") is not None
False
Now if you remove the ^ and $, anything goes:
>>> re.search("([Hh]ey ?){4}", "whatever Hey hey hey hey fhghwgads") is not None
True
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