Python re expr from Perl to Python

[Florian Diesch]

"Michael M." <michael at mustun.ch> wrote:

> In Perl, it was:
>
>
>   ## Example: "Abc | def | ghi | jkl"
>   ##       -> "Abc ghi jkl"
>   ## Take only the text betewwn the 2nd pipe (=cut the text in the 1st
> pipe).
>   $na =~ s/\ \|(.*?)\ \|(.*?)\ \|/$2/g;
>
>   ## -- remove [ and ] in text
>   $na =~ s/\[//g;
>   $na =~ s/\]//g;
>   # print "DEB: \"$na\"\n";
>
>
> # input string
> na="Abc | def | ghi | jkl [gugu]"
> # output
> na="Abc ghi jkl gugu"
>
>
> How is it done in Python?

>>> import re
>>> na="Abc | def | ghi | jkl [gugu]"
>>> m=re.match(r'(\w+ )\| (\w+ )\| (\w+ )\| (\w+ )\[(\w+)\]', na)
>>> na=m.expand(r'\1\2\3\5')
>>> na
'Abc def ghi gugu'



   Florian
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