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What '?' Does in regex?
I have a regular expression : re.search(r"^[+-]?[0-9]*\.[0-9]*
quot;,txt). I don't understand the use of '?'.6 Answers
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rodwynnejones is right, I corrected my answer.
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I'm sure the "?" means zero or one occurrence.
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edited
? zero or one occurance only of preceding letter
[+-]? matches + or - or ''