RegEx conditional search and replace

[Anthra Norell]

>>> import SE
>>> Editor = SE.SE ('sleeping=dead sleeping.htm== sleeping<==')
>>> Editor ('This parrot <a href="sleeping.htm" target="new">is
sleeping</a>. Really, it is sleeping.'
'This parrot <a href="sleeping.htm" target="new">is sleeping</a>. Really, it
is dead.'
Or:
>>> Editor ( (name of htm file), (name of output file) )

Usage: You make an explicit list of what you want and don't want after
identifying the distinctions.

I am currently trying to upload SE to the Cheese Shop which seems to be
quite a procedure. So far I have only been successful uploading the
description, but not the program. Gudidance welcome. In the interim I can
send SE out individually by request.

Regards

Frederic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Evans" <martin at browns-nospam.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
To: <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: RegEx conditional search and replace


> Sorry, yet another REGEX question.  I've been struggling with trying to
get
> a regular expression to do the following example in Python:
>
> Search and replace all instances of "sleeping" with "dead".
>
> This parrot is sleeping. Really, it is sleeping.
> to
> This parrot is dead. Really, it is dead.
>
>
> But not if part of a link or inside a link:
>
> This parrot <a href="sleeping.htm" target="new">is sleeping</a>. Really,
it
> is sleeping.
> to
> This parrot <a href="sleeping.htm" target="new">is sleeping</a>. Really,
it
> is dead.
>
>
> This is the full extent of the "html" that would be seen in the text, the
> rest of the page has already been processed. Luckily I can rely on the
> formating always being consistent with the above example (the url will
> normally by much longer in reality though). There may though be more than
> one link present.
>
> I'm hoping to use this to implement the automatic addition of links to
other
> areas of a website based on keywords found in the text.
>
> I'm guessing this is a bit too much to ask for regex. If this is the case,
> I'll add some more manual Python parsing to the string, but was hoping to
> use it to learn more about regex.
>
> Any pointers would be appreciated.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
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