Simple Regex In Django routing:

What does [-w]+ and [_w]+ in the following:

(?P<category>[-w]+)
(?P<username>[_w]+)


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On 1/30/07, johnny <rampetersgmail.com> wrote:
> What does [-w]+ and [_w]+ in the following:
> (?P<category>[-w]+)
> (?P<username>[_w]+)

They allow you to use different types of slugs.

For example:

/news/2007/jan/30/this-is-my-story/

The regular expression 'w+' won't match the
'this-is-my-story' bit,
but '[-w]+' will.

-- 
"Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the
best kind of correct."

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