Steve Holden wrote:
Tim Chase wrote:
And to answer those who are reaching for other non-regex (whether string
translations or .replace(), or pyparsing) solutions, it depends on what
you want to happen in pathological cases like
s = """Dangling closing]
with properly [[nested]] and
complex [properly [nested] text]
and [improperly [nested] text
and with some text [straddling
lines] and with
dangling opening [brackets
"""
where you'll begin to see the differences.
Really? Under what circumstances does a simple one-for-one character
replacement operation fail?
Failure is only defined in the clarified context of what the OP
wants :) Replacement operations only fail if the OP's desired
output from the above mess doesn't change *all* of the ]/[
characters, but only those with some form of parity (nested or
otherwise). But if the OP *does* want all of the ]/[ characters
replaced regardless of contextual nature, then yes, replace is a
much better solution than regexps.
-tkc
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