Python regex compile (with re.VERBOSE) not working

Question

I\'m trying to put comments in when compiling a regex but when using the re.VERBOSE flag I get no matchresult anymore.

(using Python 3.3.0)

Before:

Answer 1

Whitespaces are ignored (ie, your expression is effectively DukeWann), so you need to make sure there's a space there:

regex = re.compile(r'''
Duke[ ] # First name followed by a space
Wann #Last Name
''', re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)

See http://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html#re.VERBOSE