Hi, I've always struggled with classes and this one is no exception.
I'm working in an SGML file and I want to renumber a couple of elements in the hierarchy based on the previous level. E.g., My document looks like this <level1>A. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text <level1>B. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text but I want to change the numbering of the second level to sequential numbers like 1, 2, 3, etc. so my output would look like this <level1>A. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text <level2>2. Title Text <level2>3. Title Text <level1>B. Title Text <level2>1. Title Text <level2>2. Title Text This is what I've come up with on my own but it doesn't work. I was hoping someone could critique this and point me in the right or better direction. Thanks, Greg ### def Fix(m): new = m.group(1) class ReplacePtSubNumber(object): def __init__(self): self._count = 0 self._ptsubtwo_re = re.compile(r'<pt-sub2 no=\"[0-9]\">', re.IGNORECASE| re.UNICODE) # self._ptsubone_re = re.compile(r'<pt-sub1', re.IGNORECASE| re.UNICODE) def sub(self, new): return self._ptsubtwo_re.sub(self._ptsubNum, new) def _ptsubNum(self, match): self._count +=1 return '<pt-sub2 no="%s">' % (self._count) new = ReplacePtSubNumber().sub(new) return '<pt-sub1%s<pt-sub1' % (new) data = re.sub(r'(?i)(?m)(?s)<pt-sub1(.*?)<pt-sub1', Fix, data) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list