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diff --git a/Doc/library/re.rst b/Doc/library/re.rst index 0c64c722d3..852511c508 100644 --- a/Doc/library/re.rst +++ b/Doc/library/re.rst @@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ into a list with each nonempty line having its own entry:: 'Heather Albrecht 548.326.4584 919 Park Place'] Finally, split each entry into a list with first name, last name, telephone -number, and address. We use the ``maxsplit`` paramater of :func:`split` +number, and address. We use the ``maxsplit`` parameter of :func:`split` because the address has spaces, our splitting pattern, in it:: >>> [re.split(":? ", entry, 3) for entry in entries] @@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ because the address has spaces, our splitting pattern, in it:: ['Heather', 'Albrecht', '548.326.4584', '919 Park Place']] The ``:?`` pattern matches the colon after the last name, so that it does not -occur in the result list. With a ``maxsplit`` of ``4``, we could seperate the +occur in the result list. With a ``maxsplit`` of ``4``, we could separate the house number from the street name:: >>> [re.split(":? ", entry, 4) for entry in entries] @@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ in each word of a sentence except for the first and last characters:: Finding all Adverbs ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -:func:`findall` matches *all* occurences of a pattern, not just the first +:func:`findall` matches *all* occurrences of a pattern, not just the first one as :func:`search` does. For example, if one was a writer and wanted to find all of the adverbs in some text, he or she might use :func:`findall` in the following manner:: |