Removing the continous newline characters from the pythong string

[mobil]

Hi guys i m trying out newline characters and to clean them up
a\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsss\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvvvv\n \n\n\nvsa\n\n\n\nasf
\n\nafs

hello guys

im trying to replace
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n with \n

thanks for help

\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n also with \n as the browser gives
\r carrriage returns

thanks for any help or pointers

[Ian Clark]

On 1 May 2007 14:30:12 -0700, mobil <mo************@gmail.comwrote:

Hi guys i m trying out newline characters and to clean them up
a\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsss\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvvvv\n \n\n\nvsa\n\n\n\nasf
\n\nafs

hello guys

im trying to replace
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n with \n

thanks for help

\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n also with \n as the browser gives
\r carrriage returns

thanks for any help or pointers

Is this what you were looking for?

>>import re
message = '\n\r\n\r\n\n\nhello there\n\r\n!\n'
regex = re.compile('[\n\r]+')
regex.sub('\n', s)

'\nhello there\n!\n'

Ian

[Basilisk96]

why not use split:

>>>s = " a\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nsss\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nvvvv\n \n\n\nvsa\n\n\n\nasf... \n\nafs"
s.split()

['a', 'sss', 'vvvv', 'vsa', 'asf...', 'afs']

[Basilisk96]

What was I thinking? split() will only work if you have no other
whitespace characters in the string. A regex like "[\n\r]+" is indeed
much more appropriate and robust.

Cheers
-Basilisk96