Jignesh Sutar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to delete contents of a .txt log file, matching on multiple
> re.sub criteria but not sure how to achieve this.
>
> Below is an illustration of what I am trying to achieve (of course in this
> example I can combine the 3 re.sub into a single re expression but my
> actual code will have a dozen plus expression I need to match on so easier
> to keep them separate). Only the last re.sub will take effect in the
> example below I need all 3 to take effect.
>
>
> import re
> o = open(r"c:\temp\outputfile.txt","w")
> data = open(r"C:\Temp\infile.txt").read()
> o.write( re.sub(".*<X> ","",data) )
> o.write( re.sub(".*<Y> ","",data) )
> o.write( re.sub(".*<Z> ","",data) )
> o.close()
Apply all substitutions to data before you write the result to the file:
with open(infile) as f:
data = f.read()
for expr in list_of_regexes:
data = re.sub(expr, "", data)
with open(outfile, "w") as f:
f.write(data)
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to delete contents of a .txt log file, matching on multiple
> re.sub criteria but not sure how to achieve this.
>
> Below is an illustration of what I am trying to achieve (of course in this
> example I can combine the 3 re.sub into a single re expression but my
> actual code will have a dozen plus expression I need to match on so easier
> to keep them separate). Only the last re.sub will take effect in the
> example below I need all 3 to take effect.
>
>
> import re
> o = open(r"c:\temp\outputfile.txt","w")
> data = open(r"C:\Temp\infile.txt").read()
> o.write( re.sub(".*<X> ","",data) )
> o.write( re.sub(".*<Y> ","",data) )
> o.write( re.sub(".*<Z> ","",data) )
> o.close()
Apply all substitutions to data before you write the result to the file:
with open(infile) as f:
data = f.read()
for expr in list_of_regexes:
data = re.sub(expr, "", data)
with open(outfile, "w") as f:
f.write(data)
