Package nltk :: Module sourcedstring :: Class SourcedStringRegexp

type SourcedStringRegexp

object --+
         |
        SourcedStringRegexp

Wrapper for regexp pattern objects that cause the sub and subn methods to return sourced strings.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, pattern, flags=0)

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__getattr__(self, attr)

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subn(self, repl, string, count=0)

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sub(self, repl, string, count=0)

source code

Static Methods

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patch_re_module()
Modify the standard re module by installing new versions of the functions re.compile, re.sub, and re.subn, causing regular expression substitutions to return SourcedStrings when called with SourcedStrings arguments. source code

unpatch_re_module()
Restore the standard re module to its original state (undoing the work that was done by patch_re_module()). source code

Method Details

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init(self, pattern, flags=0)
(Constructor)

source code

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

patch_re_module()
Static Method

source code

Modify the standard re module by installing new versions of the functions re.compile, re.sub, and re.subn, causing regular expression substitutions to return SourcedStrings when called with SourcedStrings arguments.

Use this function only if necessary: it potentially affects all Python modules that use regular expressions!

type SourcedStringRegexp

__init__(self, pattern, flags=0) (Constructor)

patch_re_module() Static Method

init(self, pattern, flags=0)
(Constructor)

patch_re_module()
Static Method