Begineer Question : Global string substitution with re

[Fredrik Lundh]

peter leonard wrote:

> import re
> line = "This is the first ratio, 170/37, and this is the second  170/37 "
>
> def normalise(text):
>
>     #Tag fractions
>     fraction = r'(\s+\d+\/\d+\s+)'

the second \s+ doesn't match the comma after the first ratio.

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