Hi all, it seems the archives are unreachable, so I will fire this question without having first searched for an existing answer... please bear with newbie ignorance ;)
Is it possible to specify backreferences on substitution patterns? The probl is: I would like to get rid of some tags but leave their content untouched. This pattern correctly catches data on the form <tag ...>data</tag>: <([:alpha:]+)[^>]*>([^<]*)</\1> However, if I want to use it on a text where it appears multiple times with RE.subst(), how do I pass a backreference to the second capture to the 'substitution' parameter? For example, this text <tag1>this text</tag1> should <tag2>remain untouched</tag2> should become this text should remain untouched Any clues? What am I missing? TIA Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]