In <mailman.3742.1324058429.27778.python-l...@python.org> Ian Kelly
<ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> writes:
> >>> I'm also looking for a regexp that will remove leading zeroes in each
> >>> four-digit group, but will leave a single zero if the group was all
> >>> zeroes.
> pattern = r'\b0{1,3}([1-9a-f][0-9a-f]*|0)\b'
> re.sub(pattern, r'\1', string, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
Perfect. Thanks Ian!
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