Multiple string.replace in one run

[Thomas Güttler]

John Hunter wrote:

>>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Güttler <guettler at thomas-guettler.de> writes:
> 
>     Thomas> I could do this with string.replace, but if I want to
>     Thomas> replace several variables, I need to do the replace
>     Thomas> several times. Since the file could be very long I am
>     Thomas> searching for a better solution.
> 
>     Thomas> How can I replace several variables at once?
> 
> The variable delimiters, eg, '$', were used inconsistently in the
> example you posted 

Sorry, the example was typed into the MUA directly.

>     def mysub(m):
>         return vars[m.group(0)]
>         
>     # a literal dollar sign, followed by anything that isn't a dollar
>     # sign followed by a literal dollar sign
>     print re.sub('\$[^$]+\$', mysub, s)

Thank your for this example. That's was what I was looking for.
 thomas