On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Kent Johnson wrote: > 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)|*.
Thank you so much!! Duh. Geeso, I looked at that for hours. I should have asked for help sooner. Gratefully, Marilyn > > 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
