Re: Text conversion in python

Regular expressions in python are slightly less handy than in perl, because
they're implemented as a module, not as a built-in.
The following should do the trick:

>>> text = "This is a \'test\'"
>>> print text
  This is a 'test'
>>> import re
>>> text2 = re.sub("\'", "", text)
>>> print text2
  This is a test

re is the regular expression module.
Note that regular expression patterns are input as strings, unlike perl; this
means you have to escape a lot more things. (Like that single-quote)

For the whole shebang, have a look at
<http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/lib/module-re.html>

    --Mac

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 04:32:52PM -0900, Adam bultman wrote:
> Anthony Valentine wrote:
>
> >Hello everyone!
> >
> >I am very new to python and cannot seem to figure out how to perform a
> >simple text substitution.
> >
> >I want to remove all single quotes from a line of text.
> >
> >In perl, I would use:
> > $var =~ s/'//g;
> >
> >Does anyone know how to do this in python?
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >
> >Anthony Valentine
> >
> >
> >
> >
> I don't know python, but you might try escaping that single-quote?
>
> Adam
>
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