Hi,
Is there a way to flag re.sub not to replace a portion of the string?
I have a very long string that I want to add two new line's to rather
than one, but keep the value X:
string = "testX.\n.today" <-- note X is a value
string = re.sub("testX.\n.","testX.\n\n.", stri
J Wolfe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to flag re.sub not to replace a portion of the string?
>
> I have a very long string that I want to add two new line's to rather
> than one, but keep the value X:
>
> string = "testX.\n.today" <-- note X is a value
> string = re.sub("test...
Thanks Duncan,
I did look at that, but it was kinda greek to me. Thanks for pulling
out the part I was looking for that should do the trick.
Jonathan
> http://www.python.org/doc/current/library/re.html#re.sub
>
> > Backreferences, such as \6, are replaced with the substring matched by
> > group
