Hi
> the perl code finds a line that matches something like
> "<tag1>sometext<\tag1>" in the line and then assign $variable the value
> of "sometext"
No, but if you use a closing </tag1> instead of <\tag1> it does. You had me
scratching my head for a while there. :-)
This should do it in python:
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#!/usr/bin/python
import re
regexp = re.compile(r"<(tag1)>(.*)</\1>")
line = "<tag1>sometext</tag1>"
match = regexp.search(line)
if match:
variable = match.group(2)
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Good luck!
/Joel Hedlund
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi
>
> i have some regular exp code in perl that i want to convert to python.
>
>
> if $line =~ m#<(tag1)>(.*)</\1>#
> {
> $variable = $2;
> }
>
> the perl code finds a line that matches something like
>
> "<tag1>sometext<\tag1>" in the line and then assign $variable the value
> of "sometext"
>
> how can i do an equivalent of that using re module?
> thanks
>
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