Python Regex - Reject strings with newline

Question

I want to match complete strings to a specific pattern. Let\'s say :

word = \"aaaa\"
test = re.match(r\"^aaaa$\", word) # this returns True

Ho

Answer 1

You can use negative lookaheads for checking if it contains a new line character or not.In your case, ^aaaa(?!\n)$.