[Tutor] simple search and replace...

[ALAN GAULD]

From: Spencer Parker <inthefridge at gmail.com>
>Cc: tutor at python.org
>Sent: Wednesday, 31 March, 2010 20:30:56
>Subject: Re: [Tutor] simple search and replace...
>
>That was only a small example of a message...the message contains several elements.  If I have the PID segment then I have OBR segment...an OBX, etc.  So it would have to cycle through finding each element that is in the message till the end.  I actually meant a list and not a dictionary...terminology confusion in my head.
>OK I suspected as much.

But if it's fixed patterns you can either do a replace() 
in a loop over your patterns:

for pat in ['PID','OBR',....]
    h7string = h7string.replace('\n'+pat, h7string)

Or even build a regex that does it all in one.
(But the regex could get complex quickly!)


 Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn To Program website
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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