bs4.filter.MatchRule Class Reference

Inheritance diagram for bs4.filter.MatchRule:

Collaboration diagram for bs4.filter.MatchRule:

Public Member Functions
	__init__ (self, Optional[Union[str, bytes]] string=None, Optional[_RegularExpressionProtocol] pattern=None, Optional[Callable] function=None, Optional[bool] present=None, Optional[bool] exclude_everything=None)
bool	matches_string (self, Optional[str] string)
str	__repr__ (self)
bool	__eq__ (self, Any other)

Public Attributes
	string
	pattern
	function
	present
	exclude_everything

Static Public Attributes
Optional	string [str]
Optional	pattern [_RegularExpressionProtocol]
Optional	present [bool]
Optional	exclude_everything [bool]

Protected Member Functions
Optional[bool]	_base_match (self, Optional[str] string)

Detailed Description

Each MatchRule encapsulates the logic behind a single argument
passed in to one of the Beautiful Soup find* methods.

Member Function Documentation

_base_match()

Optional[bool] bs4.filter.MatchRule._base_match (   self, Optional[str]  string  )

protected

Run the 'cheap' portion of a match, trying to get an answer without
calling a potentially expensive custom function.

:return: True or False if we have a (positive or negative)
match; None if we need to keep trying.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• docs/help/help-venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/bs4/filter.py