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| Date | 2014-05-12 10:35 -0700 |
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| Message-ID | <6caea381-c765-41e7-9135-d5a0d60b7f42@googlegroups.com> (permalink) |
| Subject | Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? |
| From | scottcabit@gmail.com |
On Friday, May 9, 2014 8:12:57 PM UTC-4, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Good: > > > > fStr = re.sub(b'‒', b'-', fStr) > Doesn't work...the document has been verified to contain endash and emdash characters, but this does NOT replace them. > > > Better: > > > > fStr = fStr.replace(b'‒', b'-') > > Still doesn't work > > > > But having said that, you actually can make use of the nuclear-powered > > bulldozer, and do all the replacements in one go: > > > > Best: > > > > # Untested > > fStr = re.sub(b'&#x(201[2-5])|(2E3[AB])|(00[2A]D)', b'-', fStr) Still doesn't work. Guess whatever the code is for endash and mdash are not the ones I am using....
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Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? scottcabit@gmail.com - 2014-05-09 12:51 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-05-09 21:03 +0100
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? scottcabit@gmail.com - 2014-05-09 13:46 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-10 06:08 +1000
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-05-09 15:09 -0500
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? scottcabit@gmail.com - 2014-05-09 13:49 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-10 00:31 +0000
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-10 00:12 +0000
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? scottcabit@gmail.com - 2014-05-12 10:35 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-12 20:00 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-05-12 17:15 -0400
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-05-13 13:49 +0000
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-05-13 23:55 +1000
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? scottcabit@gmail.com - 2014-05-13 12:01 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-05-13 21:26 +0100
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-13 23:12 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-05-14 13:21 +0000
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? scottcabit@gmail.com - 2014-05-14 07:40 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-05-09 21:22 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-10 00:11 -0700
Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? Tim Golden <mail@timgolden.me.uk> - 2014-05-10 09:49 +0100
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