Chapter 22 – Python Regular Expression Part 5

Step 1

Open any text editor (gedit,pico,vi,nano) then enter the following python script and save the file with .py extension.

#!/usr/bin/python

#Author : Jijo K Jose

print "\n------------------------------------\nChapter 22 - Regular Expression 5 \n------------------------------------\n"
import re
in_str = raw_input("Enter a text         : ")
se_str = raw_input("Enter search string  : ")
re_str = raw_input("Enter replace string : ")
count = 2
reg1 = re.compile(se_str)
print "Result : ",reg1.sub(re_str,in_str,count)

print "\n-----------------------------------\n"

#END

Step 2

Change file permission to executable using chmod command.

Step 3

Execute the python file.

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