Marilyn Davis wrote: > Hello Tutors, > > I'm trying to get a grip on MULTILINE and I guess I don't have it. > > Here's some code: > > #!/usr/bin/env python > import re > > def sub_it(mo): > return 'xxx' > > def test(re_str, data): > return re.sub(re_str, sub_it, data, re.MULTILINE) > The fourth argument to re.sub() is a count, not flags. You have to compile the regex and pass the MULTILINE flag to the compile, or include the flag in the actual regex with *|(?m)|*.
Kent > > if __name__ == '__main__': > data = '''Betty Boop:245-836-2837:6937 Ware Road, Milton, PA > 93756:9/21/46:43500 > Norma Corder:397-857-2735:74 Pine Street, Dearborn, MI 23874:3/28/45:245700 > James Ikeda:834-938-8376:23445 Aster Ave., Allentown, NJ 83745:12/1/38:45000 > ''' > re_str = r'''(d+)$''' > print test(re_str, data) > > re_str = r'''(d+)''' > print test(re_str, data) > > ''' > ./re_test2.py > Betty Boop:245-836-2837:6937 Ware Road, Milton, PA 93756:9/21/46:43500 > Norma Corder:397-857-2735:74 Pine Street, Dearborn, MI 23874:3/28/45:245700 > James Ikeda:834-938-8376:23445 Aster Ave., Allentown, NJ 83745:12/1/38:xxx > > Betty Boop:xxx-xxx-xxx:xxx Ware Road, Milton, PA xxx:xxx/xxx/xxx:43500 > Norma Corder:397-857-2735:74 Pine Street, Dearborn, MI 23874:3/28/45:245700 > James Ikeda:834-938-8376:23445 Aster Ave., Allentown, NJ 83745:12/1/38:45000 > ''' > > If I don't anchor it with '$', it gets all the digit-groups in the first line > except the last one. Why not the last one? Whay not the other lines? > > If I do anchor it, it only gets the last group on the last line. What's up > with that? > > What I really want, is to mess with each of the last digit-groups on each > line. But I can't find them. > > The exercise is from Ellie Quigley's "Perl by Example" > > Thank you for any help. > > Marilyn Davis > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
