Which of the following description about Python regular expression is not correct?

Question

Options

• APython has added there regular expression module since version 1.5.
• Bre regular expression module gives the Python language all the regular expression functionality.
• Cre regular expressions are powerful tools for working with strings.
• Dre regular expressions can only process string data not numeric data

• B
  6% (1)
• C
  11% (2)
• D
  83% (15)

Explanation

Option D is marked correct because it's the false statement - Python's re module can absolutely process numeric data; it operates on strings, but those strings can contain digits, and patterns like \d+ match numeric characters within strings, making D's claim of "only string data, not numeric data" misleading and incorrect. Option A is true: the re module was introduced in Python 1.5 as a replacement for the older regex and regsub modules. Option B is true: re brings full regular expression functionality to Python, including pattern matching, searching, splitting, and substitution. Option C is true: regular expressions are widely recognized as powerful string-processing tools for tasks like validation, parsing, and transformation.

Memory tip: Think of it this way - regular expressions work on text, and text can represent anything, including numbers. The restriction is on the type (str vs int), not the content - you just need to feed the re module a string, and it doesn't care what characters are inside it.

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