How to check the characters of the word "unicode" in a Python regex?

Question

I have a form with a field:

name = forms.RegexField(regex=r'\w+$', label=u'Name', required=True)

but if I type special characters (for example, for example), then the form does not skip the is_valid () function. How to do it?

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Nips 01 Oct '12 at 6:20

2 answers

Instead of defining a regular expression as a string, you can compile it for the regular expression object by setting the re.U flag :

import re

name_regex = re.compile(r'\w+$', re.U)
name = forms.RegexField(regex=name_regex, label=u'Name', required=True)

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Benjamin wohlwend 01 Oct '12 at 6:29

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-01T06:28:56+0000

Activate Unicode matching for \w.

name = forms.RegexField(regex=r'(?u)\w+$', label=u'Name', required=True)