nope, that is in the original snippet.??!!
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> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of Michael
> Dearman
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 12:14 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Python anyone?
>
>
> "Joseph T. Tannenbaum" wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am going through Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey
> Friedl (O'Reilly
> > book)
> > and I got to a snippet of using a regular expression in python.
> I am using
> > python
> > 1.5.2 for win98, and this prog doen't work correctly. (it is supposed to
> > point out
> > double words in a text file ei "the the world." The main part
> I am in doubt
> > about
> > is setting up 'data' prior to printing. Is this format
> correct? It is on
> > pg 57 of
> > the book, and the reg3 line is correct by the errata.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Joe
> >
> > Here is the snippet:
> >
> > import sys; import regex; import regsub
> >
> > ### Prepare the three regeses w'll use
> > reg1 = regex.compile(
> > '\\b\([a-z]+\)\(\([\n\r\t\f\v
> ]\|<[^>]+>\)+\)\(\\1\\b\)',
> > regex.casefold)
> > reg2 = regex.compile('^\([^033]*\n\)+')
> ^\033
> This my be just a post typo, but...
>
> > reg3 = regex.compile('^\(.\)')
> >
> > for filename in sys.argv[1:]: # for
> each file...
> > try:
> > file = open(filename)
> # try opening file
> > except IOError, info:
> > print '%s: %s' % (filename, info[1]) #
> report error if couldn't
> > continue
> # and also abort
> this iteration.
> >
> > data = file.read()
> # Slurp the whole file to 'data', apply regexes
> > and print
> > data = regsub.gsub(reg1,
> '\033[7m\\1\033[m\2\033[7m\\4\033[m', data)
> ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^
> Please excuse ignorance, but what are these?
>
> > data = regsub.gsub(reg2, '', data)
> > data = regsub.gsub(reg3, filename + ': \\1', data)
> > print data,
> ^
> I guess this just depends on what's next?
>
> Note: Don't really know jack diddly bout Python. Just attracted
> by the smell
> of regexs.
>
> Saaalute!!
> MD
> >
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