- The
'r'
in front of each regular expression string is optional but recommended. It tells Python that a string is “raw” – that nothing in the string should be escaped. See Dive Into Python’s explanation.
(?P<name>pattern)
urlpatterns = [ url(r'^articles/2003/$', views.special_case_2003), url(r'^articles/(?P<year>[0-9]{4})/$', views.year_archive), url(r'^articles/(?P<year>[0-9]{4})/(?P<month>[0-9]{2})/$', views.month_archive), url(r'^articles/(?P<year>[0-9]{4})/(?P<month>[0-9]{2})/(?P<day>[0-9]{2})/$', views.article_detail), ]