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| Date | 2014-05-09 21:03 +0100 |
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| From | MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> |
| Subject | Re: Why isn't my re.sub replacing the contents of my MS Word file? |
| References | <ea305e19-be61-469b-8a15-0753406f8476@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.9828.1399666008.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 2014-05-09 20:51, scottcabit@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > 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. > But the replaces are not having any effect. Obviously a syntax problem....wwhat silly thing am I doing wrong? > > Thanks! > > fn = 'z:\Documentation\Software' > def processdoc(fn,outfile): > fStr = open(fn, 'rb').read() > re.sub(b'‒','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'–','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'—','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'―','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'⸺','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'⸻','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'-','-',fStr) > re.sub(b'­','-',fStr) > re.sub _returns_ its result (strings are immutable).
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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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