[Tutor] iterate problem

[Michael P. Reilly]

> > trying to write a simple script that removes the >>>'s from 
> > the beginning of lines in a text file 
> 
> Sounds like a job for reg expressions to me.
> 
> the regexp will be something like:
> 
> >[> ]+
> 
> which means a '>' followed by one or more '>' or spaces.

I think a more accurate one would be:
  r'^(> ?)+'

You want to anchor the regular expression to the beginning, and to
only strip off zero or one space (">" or "> "), still leaving the
other whitespace from the text (indentations for example).

  -Arcege

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