Question

I want to get all of the text until a ! appears. Example

some textwfwfdsfosjtortjk\n
sdsfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsdfsfsfsdfsdfsdf\n
sfsgdfgdfgdgdfgdg\n
!

The number of lines before the ! changes so I can’t hardcode a reg exp like this

"+\n^.+\n^.+"

I am using re.MULTLINE, but should I be using re.DOTALL?

Thanks

Answer 1

Why does this need a regular expression?

index = str.find('!')
if index > -1:
    str = str[index:] # or (index+1) to get rid of the '!', too