Case insensitive re.sub()

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.982712484.28722.python-list at python.org>,
Timothy Grant  <tjg at exceptionalminds.com> wrote:
>
>I am working on a little project where it would be really nice
>to be able to do a case insensitive re.sub(). It appears that
>re.sub() does not allow a flags argument. Is it possible, or do
>I have to roll my own?

import re
regex = re.compile('foo', re.I)
print regex.sub('bar','FOOBAR')
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