New submission from Mallinath Akkalkot <mallinat...@gmail.com>:
Issue is explained in the attached presentation for the below python script. # PYTHON script import re stringPassed = "START, 0.272342208623734, 0.122712611838329\nCIRCL, 0.2739, 0.1175, 0.2644, 0.1175\nCIRCL, 0.2644, 0.108, 0.2644, 0.1175\nLINE, 0.26237716818855, 0.108\nCIRCL, 0.2564, 0.102522934456486, 0.26237716818855, 0.102\nLINE, 0.255041919210401, 0.087\nLINE, 0.255041919210401, 0.072\nCIRCL, 0.239541747114243, -0.0106446715786942, 0.0269671265080016, 0.0720000000000296\nCIRCL, 0.2391, -0.0130000000000008, 0.2456, -0.0130000000000008\nLINE, 0.2391, -0.0350000000000008\nCIRCL, 0.243376868486329, -0.0411080018232587, 0.2456, -0.0350000000000008\nLINE, 0.24865951460066, -0.0430307277670375\nCIRCL, 0.255041919210401, -0.0521457461886608, 0.245341919210401, -0.0521457461886608\nLINE, 0.255041919210401, -0.087\nLINE, 0.2564, -0.102522934456486\nCIRCL, 0.26237716818855, -0.108, 0.26237716818855, -0.102\nLINE, 0.2644, -0.108\nCIRCL, 0.2739, -0.1175, 0.2644, -0.1175\nCIRCL, 0.272342208623734, -0.122712611838329, 0.2644, -0.1175\n" retVal = re.findall(r"(\w+,\s+)(-\d+\.\d+)|(\d+\.\d+)", stringPassed, re.MULTILINE) floatNumbersList = [] # List conatins all Folat numbers for each in retVal: for each in each: if each != "":floatNumbersList.append(each) newStringUpdated = stringPassed for eachVal in floatNumbersList: newVal = str(float(eachVal)*1000) retVals = re.sub(eachVal, newVal, newStringUpdated) # retVals = newStringUpdated.replace(eachVal, newVal) newStringUpdated = retVals print(newStringUpdated) ---------- components: Regular Expressions files: Bug_Description_Regular Expression.pptx messages: 351066 nosy: Mallinath Akkalkot, ezio.melotti, mrabarnett priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Results with re.sub and re.replace is giving different results type: behavior versions: Python 3.7 Added file: https://bugs.python.org/file48584/Bug_Description_Regular Expression.pptx _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38016> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com