On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 02:42:26AM -0800, AT wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to python and web2py framework. Need urgent help to match a > pattern in an string and replace the matched text. >
Well, what about str.replace then? >>> 'egg, ham, tomato'.replace('ham', 'spam, ham, spam') 'egg, spam, ham, spam, tomato' If the pattern you want to match is more complicated, have a look at the re module! Regards, Thomas. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list