Chris Seberino wrote:
What does this line do?...input_ = re.sub("([a-zA-Z]+)", '"\\1"', input_) Does it remove parentheses from words? e.g. (foo) -> foo ??? I'd like to replace [a-zA-Z] with \w but \w makes it blow up. In other words, re.sub("(\w+)", '"\\1"', input_) blows up. Why? cs
( has a special meaning of not preceded by \ (see re help) the first line transform 'foo' into '"foo"' your solution is doing the same. If I'm wrong, MRAB will come into rescue anyway :o) JM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
