504cr...@gmail.com wrote: > By what method would a string be inserted at each instance of a RegEx > match? > > For example: > > string = '123 abc 456 def 789 ghi' > newstring = ' INSERT 123 abc INSERT 456 def INSERT 789 ghi'
Have a look at re.sub(): >>> s = '123 abc 456 def 789 ghi' >>> re.compile(r"(\d+\s)").sub(r"INSERT \1", s) 'INSERT 123 abc INSERT 456 def INSERT 789 ghi' Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
