stupid newbie question about string and re

[Steve Holden]

Whoops. Omitted something from the previous posting.
...
You have accidentally supplied a string:

>>> string.upper("\\2")
'\\2'
>>>

Because this string contains a backslash (just one: the interpreter is
escaping it to give something that can be used in a program) followed by a
digit, re.sub() treats it as meaning "group 2 from the match object", so you
get the lower-case letter your patter detected after the space. Let's try
using a function instead
...

Sorry 'bout that.

regards
 Steve
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