On May 7, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Iames Pizzoli wrote:
> I need a little help from you. Let's say I have this
> string:
>
> Apples [some text]; oranges [some more text]; bananas [more text];
> etc. etc.
>
> Now I want the whole string EXCEPT the square
> brackets and
> what is inside them, i.e.
>
> Apples ; oranges ; bananas ;
>
> How can I do it? I know I could use the brute force
> (parsing
> the string char by char), but I'm after a smarter way. TIA
In Python, it's pretty simple:
import re
txt = "Apples [some text]; oranges [some more text]; bananas [more
text];"
print re.sub(r"(\[[^\]]+\])", "", txt)
=> Apples ; oranges ; bananas ;
-- Ed Leafe
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