How to write replace string for object which will be substituted? [regexp]

[ryniek]

On 5 Sie, 00:55, MRAB <pyt... at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> ryniek90 wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I started learning regexp, and some things goes well, but most of them
> > still not.
>
> > I've got problem with some regexp. Better post code here:
>
> > "
> >  >>> import re
> >  >>> mail = '\nn... at mail.com\nname1 [at] mail [dot] com\nname2 [$at$]
> > mail [$dot$] com\n'
> >  >>> mail
> > '\nn... at mail.com\nname1 [at] mail [dot] com\nname2 [$at$] mail [$dot$]
> > com\n'
> >  >>> print mail
>
> > n... at mail.com
> > name1 [at] mail [dot] com
> > name2 [$at$] mail [$dot$] com
>
> >  >>> maail = re.sub('^\n|$\n', '', mail)
> >  >>> print maail
> > n... at mail.com
> > name1 [at] mail [dot] com
> > name2 [$at$] mail [$dot$] com
> >  >>> maail = re.sub(' ', '', maail)
> >  >>> print maail
> > n... at mail.com
> > name1[at]mail[dot]com
> > name2[$at$]mail[$dot$]com
> >  >>> maail = re.sub('\[at\]|\[\$at\$\]', '@', maail)
> >  >>> print maail
> > n... at mail.com
> > name1 at mail[dot]com
> > name2 at mail[$dot$]com
> >  >>> maail = re.sub('\[dot\]|\[\$dot\$\]', '.', maail)
> >  >>> print maail
> > n... at mail.com
> > na... at mail.com
> > na... at mail.com
> >  >>> #How must i write the replace string to replace all this regexp's
> > with just ONE command, in string 'mail' ?
> >  >>> maail = re.sub('^\n|$\n| |\[at\]|\[\$at\$\]|\[dot\]|\[\$dot\$\]',
> > *?*, mail)
> > "
>
> > How must i write that replace pattern (look at question mark), to maek
> > that substituion work? I didn't saw anything helpful while reading Re
> > doc and HowTo (from Python Doc). I tried with 'MatchObject.group()' but
> > something gone wrong - didn't wrote it right.
> > Is there more user friendly HowTo for Python Re, than this?
>
> > I'm new to programming an regexp, sorry for inconvenience.
>
> I don't think you can do it in one regex, nor would I want to. Just use
> the string's replace() method.
>
>  >>> mail = '\nn... at mail.com\nname1 [at] mail [dot] com\nname2 [$at$]
> mail [$dot$] com\n'
>  >>> mail
> '\nn... at mail.com\nname1 [at] mail [dot] com\nname2 [$at$] mail [$dot$]
> com\n'
>  >>> print mail
>
> n... at mail.com
> name1 [at] mail [dot] com
> name2 [$at$] mail [$dot$] com
>
>  >>> maail = mail.strip()
> n... at mail.com
> name1 [at] mail [dot] com
> name2 [$at$] mail [$dot$] com
>
>  >>> maail = maail.replace(' ', '')
>  >>> print maail
> n... at mail.com
> name1[at]mail[dot]com
> name2[$at$]mail[$dot$]com
>  >>> maail = maail.replace('[at]', '@').replace('[$at$]', '@')
>  >>> print maail
> n... at mail.com
> name1 at mail[dot]com
> name2 at mail[$dot$]com
>  >>> maail = maail.replace('[dot]', '.').replace('[$dot$]', '.')
>  >>> print maail
> n... at mail.com
> na... at mail.com
> na... at mail.com

Too bad, I thought that the almighty re module could do anything, but
it failed with this (or maybe re can do what i want, but only few
people knows how to force him to that?  :P).
But with help of MRAB, i choose The 3rd Point of Python's Zen -
"Simple is better than complex."

"
>>> mail = '\nn... at mail.com\nname1 [at] mail [dot] com\nname2 [$at$] mail [$dot$] com\n'
>>> mail

'\nn... at mail.com\nname1 [at] mail [dot] com\nname2 [$at$] mail [$dot$]
com\n'

>>> print mail

n... at mail.com
name1 [at] mail [dot] com
name2 [$at$] mail [$dot$] com

>>> maail = mail.lstrip().rstrip().replace(' ', '').replace('[dot]', '.').replace('[$dot$]', '.').replace('[at]', '@').replace('[$at$]', '@')
>>> print maail
n... at mail.com
na... at mail.com
na... at mail.com
>>> #Did it  :)

"

Thanks again   :)