Check out re.sub's "count" parameter. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3951660/how-to-replace-the-first-occurrence-of-a-regular-expression-in-python
On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 1:20 PM Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > What's the easiest way to change the first occurrence of a specified > character in a string? > > E.g. I want to change linux-raid.vger.kernel.org to > linux-r...@vger.kernel.org, it's a fairly general requirement of > needing to change '.' to '@'. > > Alternatively is there an RE 'match' function that would test if > linux-r...@vger.kernel.org matches linux-raid.vger.kernel.org? I don't > really care if the '.' are all regarded as wild cards, the match will > be accurate enough. > > -- > Chris Green > ยท > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
