From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 13:57:47 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify the endpos argument to the rx.match() method.
X-Git-Tag: v2.3c1~4392
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ffefb1df566c80881bdb353dcab51947d7c5ae5c;p=python

Clarify the endpos argument to the rx.match() method.
Closes SF bug #597177.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libre.tex b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
index 4a5eda361c..bff13fa414 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libre.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libre.tex
@@ -668,8 +668,12 @@ attributes:
 
   The optional parameter \var{endpos} limits how far the string will
   be searched; it will be as if the string is \var{endpos} characters
-  long, so only the characters from \var{pos} to \var{endpos} will be
-  searched for a match.
+  long, so only the characters from \var{pos} to \code{\var{endpos} -
+  1} will be searched for a match.  If \var{endpos} is less than
+  \var{pos}, no match will be found, otherwise, if \var{rx} is a
+  compiled regular expression object,
+  \code{\var{rx}.match(\var{string}, 0, 50)} is equivalent to
+  \code{\var{rx}.match(\var{string}[:50], 0)}.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
 \begin{methoddesc}[RegexObject]{split}{string\optional{,