Re: Correct syntax for pathological re.search()

On 2024-10-08 19:30, Karsten Hilbert via Python-list wrote:

Am Mon, Oct 07, 2024 at 08:35:32AM -0500 schrieb Michael F. Stemper via Python-list:
 

I'm trying to discard lines that include the string "\sout{" (which is TeX, for
those who are curious. I have tried:
  if not re.search("\sout{", line):
  if not re.search("\sout\{", line):
  if not re.search("\sout{", line):
  if not re.search("\sout\{", line):

 unwanted_tex = '\sout{'
if unwanted_tex not in line: do_something_with_libreoffice()
 

That should be:
     unwanted_tex = r'\sout{'
or:
     unwanted_tex = '\sout{'