Passing in flags as an argument to re.compile

Question

I would like to pass certain flags into a re.compile function based on logic similar to the below. I was wondering whether it\'s possible to do so.

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Answer 1

re flags are just numbers. So, we need to binary OR them, like this

flags = 0

if multiline:
  flags = re.M

if dotall:
  flags |= re.S

if verbose:
  flags |= re.X

if ignorecase:
  flags |= re.I

if uni_code:
  flags |= re.U

regex = re.compile(r'Test Pattern', flags)