Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file?

[scottcabit at gmail.com]

On Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:26:51 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote:
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> 0x96 is a hexadecimal literal for an int. Within a string you need \x96
> 
> (it's \x for 2 hex digits, \u for 4 hex digits, \U for 8 hex digits).

  Yes, that was my problem. Figured it out just after posting my last message. using \x96 works correctly. Thanks!