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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/re.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/re.py | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ def sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0): """Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost non-overlapping occurrences of the pattern in string by the replacement repl. repl can be either a string or a callable; - if a callable, it's passed the match object and must return + if a string, backslash escapes in it are processed. If it is + a callable, it's passed the match object and must return a replacement string to be used.""" return _compile(pattern, 0).sub(repl, string, count) @@ -170,7 +171,8 @@ def subn(pattern, repl, string, count=0): non-overlapping occurrences of the pattern in the source string by the replacement repl. number is the number of substitutions that were made. repl can be either a string or a - callable; if a callable, it's passed the match object and must + callable; if a string, backslash escapes in it are processed. + If it is a callable, it's passed the match object and must return a replacement string to be used.""" return _compile(pattern, 0).subn(repl, string, count) |