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Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file?

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Le samedi 10 mai 2014 06:22:00 UTC+2, Rustom Mody a écrit :
> On Saturday, May 10, 2014 1:21:04 AM UTC+5:30, scott...@gmail.com wrote:
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> > Hi,
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> >  here is a snippet of code that opens a file (fn contains the path\name) and first tried to replace all endash, emdash etc characters with simple dash characters, before doing a search.
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> >   But the replaces are not having any effect. Obviously a syntax problem....wwhat silly thing am I doing wrong?
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> If you are using MS-Word use that, not python.
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> Yeah it is possible to script MS with something like this
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> http://timgolden.me.uk/pywin32-docs/
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> [no experience myself!]
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> but its probably not worth the headache for such a simple job.
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> The VBA (or whatever is the modern equivalent) will be about as short and simple
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> as your attempted python and making it work will be far easier.
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> I way I used to do it with Windows-98 Word. 
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> Start a macro
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> Do a simple single search and replace by hand
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> Close the macro
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> Edit the macro (VBA version)
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> Replace the single search-n-replace with all the many you require

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That's a wise reommendation.

Anyway, as Python may fail as soon as one uses an
EM DASH or an EM DASH, I think it's not worth the
effort to spend to much time with it.

LibreOffice could be a solution.

jmf

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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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