Python regex match space only

Question

In python3, how do I match exactly whitespace character and not newline \\n or tab \\t?

I\'ve seen the \\s+[^\\n] answer from Regex match space not \\

Answer 1

No need for special groups. Just create a regex with a space character. The space character does not have any special meaning, it just means "match a space".

RE = re.compile(' +')

So for your case

a='rasd\nsa sd'
print(re.search(' +', a))

would give

<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(7, 8), match=' '>