re.sub(r'(\d+)x', r'\1*x', input_text) --
I enjoy haiku but sometimes they don't make sense; refrigerator? On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 10:11 PM, Lang Hurst <l...@tharin.com> wrote: > This is so trivial (or should be), but I can't figure it out. > > I'm trying to do what in vim is > > :s/\([0-9]\)x/\1*x/ > > That is, "find a number followed by an x and put a "*" in between the > number and the x" > > So, if the string is "6443x - 3", I'll get back "6443*x - 3" > > I won't write down all the things I've tried, but suffice it to say, > nothing has done it. I just found myself figuring out how to call sed and > realized that this should be a one-liner in python too. Any ideas? I've > read a lot of documentation, but I just can't figure it out. Thanks. > > -- > There are no stupid questions, just stupid people. > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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