I have a pipe delimited text file with 5 columns which looks like this:
12345|some text|some more text|example125 oo3 3456|example32423
11223|more text|and more|example/73d 77665|example455667
12677|text|more|anotherexample 123|anotherexample45
What I want to output is:
12345|some text|some more text|example|example32423
11223|more text|and more|example|example455667
...
12677|text|more|anotherexample 123|anotherexample45
So column 4 is where the change occurs, but only if the beginning of the string
in column 4 =~ /^example/i # and it should be case insensitive
#!/usr/bin/env python
import csv
import re
filename = raw_input("Enter the filename to edit: ")
reader = csv.reader(open(filename, 'rb'), delimiter='|', quoting=csv.QUOTE_NONE)
for row in reader:
print row
....
I can print the file, I just need a little help searching and replacing the
column 4 data element.
Thanks
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