running this snippet, is blanking out ^abdc$.. what is the issue ? abcd efg hijk lmn $
efg hijk lmn regards Edwin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peng Yu Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 11:47 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: How to delete a line with re? Hi, I want to delete the line with abc in the following program. But the following program does not do what I want. Can somebody let me know how to do it? Thanks, Peng #!/usr/bin/python import re file="""abcd efg hijk lmn """ regex = re.compile("^abcd$", re.MULTILINE) print file, print "$" print regex.sub('', file), -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list The information contained in this message and any attachment may be proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
