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| From | Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Subject | Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl |
| Date | 2016-03-17 21:11 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <874mc4rkaw.fsf@elektro.pacujo.net> (permalink) |
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com>:
> On 17/03/2016 18:53, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com>:
>
>>> sub replacewith{
>>> $s = $_[0];
>>> $t = $_[1];
>>> $u = $_[2];
>>> $s =~ s/$t/$u/;
>>> return $s;
>>> }
>>>
>>> Although once done, the original task now looks a proper language:
>>>
>>> print (replacewith("I have a dream","have","had"));
>>
>> Now try your function with:
>>
>> print (replacewith("I have a dream",".","had"));
>
> Yeah, it needs your quotemeta line (whatever that does). But the call
> is unaffected as the clutter is in the function.
Well, you fell in the trap. Most perl programmers would fall in it. Same
with bash programmers, including myself.
That's why I'm wondering if Python could come to the rescue and offer a
solid alternative to bash. You have to go out of your way to get into
accidental quoting/escaping problems in Python.
Marko
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Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 15:40 +0000
Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-17 17:48 +0200
Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 15:59 +0000
Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-17 18:07 +0200
Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 16:15 +0000
Re: sobering observation, python vs. perl Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-17 17:47 +0200
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