Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help?

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Date	Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:24:13 -0600
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On 01/05/13 02:35, Sia wrote:
> I have strings such as:
>
> tA.-2AG.-2AG,-2ag
> or
> .+3ACG.+5CAACG.+3ACG.+3ACG
>
> The plus and minus signs are always followed by a number (say, i). I want python to find each single plus or minus, remove the sign, the number after it and remove i characters after that. So the two strings above become:
>
> tA..,
> and
> ...

With the same caveat as Frank posted about the second one being 
"...." (4 dots), I don't know how this version times out:

   import re
   r = re.compile(r"[-+](\d+)([^-+]*)")
   def modify(m):
       result = m.group(2)[int(m.group(1)):]
       return result
   for test, expected in (
           ("tA.-2AG.-2AG,-2ag", "tA..,"),
           (".+3ACG.+5CAACG.+3ACG.+3ACG", "...."),
           ):
       s = r.sub(modify, test)
       print "%r -> %r (%r)" % (
           test, s, expected
           )
       assert s == expected, "Nope"

(it passes the tests as modified to "....")

-tkc

Thread

Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Sia <hossein.asgharian@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 00:35 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Frank Millman <frank@chagford.com> - 2013-01-05 11:15 +0200
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 20:27 +1100
    Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 09:30 -0500
      Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 01:47 +1100
        Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 10:03 -0500
          Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 02:09 +1100
            Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 10:38 -0500
              Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 02:57 +1100
              Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-01-05 13:04 -0700
              Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 07:32 +1100
                Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 15:47 -0500
                Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-06 12:28 -0500
                Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-01-06 23:19 +0000
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-01-05 09:12 -0500
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-01-05 11:24 -0600
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2013-01-05 12:49 -0600
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-06 01:32 -0500
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-01-06 14:53 -0500
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 18:48 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 19:40 -0800
    Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 21:28 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 21:30 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? John Ladasky <john_ladasky@sbcglobal.net> - 2013-01-06 21:39 -0800
  Re: Need a specific sort of string modification. Can someone help? Nick Mellor <thebalancepro@gmail.com> - 2013-01-06 23:07 -0800

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