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Tiny fix of IGNORECASE plus removal of a UNICODE reference.

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Mark Summerfield 2008-08-20 07:40:18 +00:00
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@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ The special characters are:
``'m'``, or ``'$'``; ``[a-z]`` will match any lowercase letter, and
``[a-zA-Z0-9]`` matches any letter or digit. Character classes such
as ``\w`` or ``\S`` (defined below) are also acceptable inside a
range, although the characters they match depends on whether :const:`LOCALE`
or :const:`UNICODE` mode is in force. If you want to include a
``']'`` or a ``'-'`` inside a set, precede it with a backslash, or
place it as the first character. The pattern ``[]]`` will match
``']'``, for example.
range, although the characters they match depends on whether
:const:`ASCII` or :const:`LOCALE` mode is in force. If you want to
include a ``']'`` or a ``'-'`` inside a set, precede it with a
backslash, or place it as the first character. The pattern ``[]]``
will match ``']'``, for example.
You can match the characters not within a range by :dfn:`complementing` the set.
This is indicated by including a ``'^'`` as the first character of the set;
@ -493,7 +493,8 @@ form.
IGNORECASE
Perform case-insensitive matching; expressions like ``[A-Z]`` will match
lowercase letters, too. This is not affected by the current locale.
lowercase letters, too. This is not affected by the current locale
and works for Unicode characters as expected.
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