[Tutor] re.sub() query

[Mark Lawrence]

On 20/06/2010 10:54, Payal wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it possible to solve the below, w/o making a re object?
>
>>>> a
> 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'
>>>> p=re.compile('l',re.I)
>>>> re.sub(p,'-',a)
> 'Mary Had a -itt-e -amb'
>
> I cannot figure how to se re.I w/o involving  p.
>
> Thanks.
> With warm regards,
> -Payal

You can do this.

 >>> re.sub('[lL]','-',a)
'Mary Had a -itt-e -amb'

However it strikes me as overkill to use an re for something that could 
be done with the string replace function.

Kindest regards.

Mark Lawrence.