Convert string to compiled regex matching the exact string

Question

Is there a simple way to transform an exact string matching to a re.compile object ? For example, I would like to mix exact string and regexes.

Lev Levitsky · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 18:46:53Z

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You can probably use re.escape to escape everything in a string, and then use the escaped string as a pattern.

def transform(s):
    return re.compile(re.escape(s))

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 18:46

Lev Levitsky

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I feel a lot ashamed. So simple... Thanks for this !