Generate a String that matches a RegEx in Python
python, regex, stringbuilder
Solution
I've been working on a little helper library for generating random strings with Python
It includes a method, `xeger()` that allows you to create a string from a regex:
>>> import rstr
>>> rstr.xeger(r'[A-Z]\d[A-Z] \d[A-Z]\d')
u'M5R 2W4'
Right now, it works with most basic regular expressions.
Problem
Possible Duplicate: Reversing a regular expression in python I think I ran into a problem that sounds easier than it is... I'm not too sure. I want to define a regular expression, and I want to build a number of strings matching it. Is there any module I can import that has got this functionality? Preferably not a brute-force approach using `re.search` or `re.match`. There must be a more elegant way to do that.