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Re: What is \1 here?

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On 11/11/2014 09:18, satishmlmlml@gmail.com wrote:
> What does \1 do in the following piece of code(fourth line)?
> import re
> print(re.sub('[ABC]', '*', 'XAXAXBXBXCXC'))
> print(re.sub('[ABC]_', '*', 'XA-XA_XB-XB_XC-XC_'))
> print(re.sub('(.) spam', 'spam\\1', 'x spam, y spam'))
> def mapper(matchobj):
>         return 'spam' + matchobj.group(1)
> print(re.sub('(.) spam', mapper, 'x spam, y spam'))
>

What did your last skivvy die of, overwork?

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

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What is \1 here? satishmlmlml@gmail.com - 2014-11-11 01:18 -0800
  Re: What is \1 here? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-11 10:03 +0000
  Re: What is \1 here? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-11-11 06:52 -0500
  Re:What is \1 here? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-11 07:22 -0500
  Re: What is \1 here? Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 17:35 +0000

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