Hi!
I'm trying to 'clean up' this source file using regular expressions
in Python. My problem is, that when I try to delete extra lines, my
code fails. Here's an example....
/**
*
* Project: MyProject
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
* Description:
*
* This file contains the some code.
*
* Public Functions:
*
* function_1
* function_2
*
* Private Functions:
*
* None.
*
*
* Notes:
*
* None.
*
*
*
*************** *************** *************** *************** *************/
......I would like my code to only have one * space between lines, and
not all that white space that I see there. I tried to use the regular
expression: '^\*\n$^\*\n$' but that does not work. I've tried a bunch
of things and none of them seem to work....please help!!! Thanks in
advance, Oriana 2 1795
On 2004-09-09, Oriana <or**********@t halesesec.com> wrote: .....I would like my code to only have one * space between lines, and not all that white space that I see there. I tried to use the regular expression: '^\*\n$^\*\n$' but that does not work. I've tried a bunch of things and none of them seem to work....please help!!! Thanks in advance, Oriana
Hrm, some suggestions.
First, you need to set the MULTILINE mode on the regular expression
object. You can do this with re.compile(patt ern,re.MULTILIN E).
Secondly, the "$" character matches just before the newline. So it
should be '^\*$\n'. In MULTILINE mode
Third, the regex you have here will reduce two blank comment lines to
one.
Try this: string = """*
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... """ foo = re.compile(r'(^ \*\s*\n){2,}',r e.MULTILINE) foo.sub("*\n",s tring)
'*\n'
The blank comment line is described by (^\*\s*\n) (asterisk at the start
of a line, followed by 0 or more space characters, then a newline).
The {2,} says "match two or more of this group."
Also, I can't really overrecommend "Mastering Regular Expressions" as a
good book for regular expression users: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex/
There is also a nice python-centric regex page at: http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/
--
Kirk Job-Sluder
"The square-jawed homunculi of Tommy Hilfinger ads make every day an
existential holocaust." --Scary Go Round
Oriana wrote: Hi!
I'm trying to 'clean up' this source file using regular expressions in Python. My problem is, that when I try to delete extra lines, my code fails. Here's an example....
You probably need the re.MULTILINE flag. This worked for me import re pat = re.compile(r"^\ *\s*\n(^\*\s*\n )+", re.MULTILINE) text = """/**
.... *
.... * Project: MyProject
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... *
.... * Description:
.... *
.... * This file contains the some code.
.... *
.... * Public Functions:
.... *
.... * function_1
.... * function_2
.... *
.... * Private Functions:
.... *
.... * None.
.... *
.... *
.... * Notes:
.... """ print pat.sub("*\n", text)
/**
*
* Project: MyProject
*
* Description:
*
* This file contains the some code.
*
* Public Functions:
*
* function_1
* function_2
*
* Private Functions:
*
* None.
*
* Notes:
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