diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/libre.tex')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/libre.tex | 22 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/libre.tex b/Doc/libre.tex index bf6aeb8..0d14164 100644 --- a/Doc/libre.tex +++ b/Doc/libre.tex @@ -308,10 +308,24 @@ regular expression metacharacters in it. \begin{funcdesc}{sub}{pattern\, repl\, string\optional{, count=0}} Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of \var{pattern} in \var{string} by the replacement -\var{repl}, which can be a string or the function that returns a string. If the pattern isn't found, \var{string} is returned unchanged. The -pattern may be a string or a regexp object; if you need to specify -regular expression flags, you must use a regexp object, or use -embedded modifiers in a pattern string; e.g. +\var{repl}. If the pattern isn't found, \var{string} is returned +unchanged. \var{repl} can be a string or a function; if a function, +it is called for every non-overlapping occurance of \var{pattern}. +The function takes a single match object argument, and +returns the replacement string. For example: +% +\bcode\begin{verbatim} +>>> def dashrepl(matchobj): +... if matchobj.group(0) == '-': return ' ' +... else: return '-' +>>> re.sub('-{1,2}', dashrepl, 'pro----gram-files') +'pro--gram files' +\end{verbatim}\ecode +% +The pattern may be a string or a +regexp object; if you need to specify regular expression flags, you +must use a regexp object, or use embedded modifiers in a pattern +string; e.g. % \bcode\begin{verbatim} sub("(?i)b+", "x", "bbbb BBBB") returns 'x x'. |