On 12/17/2009 7:59 PM, Rhodri James wrote:
"re.compile('a\\nc')" passes a sequence of four characters to
re.compile: 'a', '\', 'n' and 'c'. re.compile() then does it's own
interpretation: 'a' passes through as is, '\' flags an escape which
combined with 'n' produces the newline character (0x0a), and 'c' passes
through as is.
I got that from MRAB's posts. (Thanks.)
What I'm not getting is why the replacement string
gets this particular interpretation. What is the payoff?
(Contrast e.g. Vim's substitution syntax.)
Thanks,
Alan
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