Regular expression, "except end of string", question.
Peter Otten
__peter__ at web.de
Thu Jun 17 04:07:45 EDT 2004
Peter Hansen wrote:
> David Eppstein wrote:
>
>> Do you really need regexps for this?
>>
>>>>>string = "WHITE/CLARET/PINK/XL"
>>>>>'-'.join(string.split('/',2))
>>
>> 'WHITE-CLARET-PINK/XL'
>
> Dang! I started with split('/', 2) but stared at the
> result trying to figure out how the heck to join it
> to get the right result and ended up punting. :-(
Strictly speaking the problem is underspecified, and your original solution
might still be the best if claret is out tomorrow.
Peter
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