[issue38016] Results with re.sub and re.replace is giving different results

[hongweipeng]

hongweipeng <hongweichen8888 at sina.com> added the comment:

It's because ```re.sub('0.072', '72.0', newStringUpdated)``` match '03072' in -0.043'03072'77670375.

`.` can match any character in regular expression.So I don't think that's a issue.

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nosy: +hongweipeng

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