re.sub() problem (regular expression)

[Davy]

Hi all,

I have read a re.sub() that confused me.

s = 'P & Q'
s = re.sub(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)', r'Expr("\1")', s)

What's "\1" and the whole re.sub() mean?

Best regards,
Davy
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