How did it match london_bridge.gif?

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london_bridge contains an underscore. Does alphanumeric(\w) also match underscore?

Answer 1

Hey Viraj,

Thank you for reaching out!

Yes, in Python's regular expressions, the \w character class matches alphanumeric characters as well as the underscore (_). This means that \w will match any letter (A-Z, a-z), any digit (0-9), and the underscore.

https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#:~:text=flag%20is%20used.-,%5Cw,by%20str.isalnum())%2C%20as%20well%20as%20the%20underscore%20(_).,-Matches%20%5Ba%2DzA

Kind regards,

365 Hristina

Answer 2

Viraj Vinay Nagpure

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21 Oct 2024

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Thank you Hristina

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