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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Reading Files

James N
James N
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Posted by James N
James N
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is "regex" built-in to python? or do i have to download it seperatly?

just wondering, do i have to manually install regex into my local python dev environment with pip? or is it pre-installed as part of python?

also, how do i view all the external python packages that are installed into my pc? FYI: i'm running windows.

1 Answer

Zach Swift
Zach Swift
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Zach Swift
Zach Swift
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Python has re included in the standard library. https://docs.python.org/2/library/re.html

Python should be installed on your main hard drive at the lowest level for example: C:\\Python27 or C:\\Python34. If you go into that folder, look around in the lib and site-packages directory and you'll see what is available.