re.sub

[DiPierro, Massimo]

That is not the problem. The problem is that

re.sub('a','\\n','bab')

cannot be the same as

re.sub('a','\n','bab')

This is evaluating the string to be substituted before the substitution.

Massimo

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From: python-list-bounces+mdipierro=cti.depaul.edu at python.org [python-list-bounces+mdipierro=cti.depaul.edu at python.org] On Behalf Of Chris Mellon [arkanes at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:12 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: re.sub

On 10/16/07, Massimo Di Pierro <mdipierro at cti.depaul.edu> wrote:
> Even stranger
>
>  >>> re.sub('a', '\\n','bab')
> 'b\nb'
>  >>> print re.sub('a', '\\n','bab')
> b
> b
>

You called print, so instead of getting an escaped string literal, the
string is being printed to your terminal, which is printing the
newline.
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