python regex forcing new line

Question

Why is my regular expression adding am line break before the closing tag?

string = '\s ప్రపంచ ప్రారంభం'
re.sub(r'\\s (.*)', r'<h3>\1</h3>', string)

what I get

<h3>ప్రపంచ ప్రారంభం
</h3>

what I want

<h3>ప్రపంచ ప్రారంభం</h3>

I changed my OP. Maybe it has something to do with the fact the language is rtl? — user1442957
– user1442957, Commented Aug 20, 2012 at 20:45
It works just fine for me ... but do you really need regex for this? string = '<h3>%s</h3>'%string[3:] if string.startswith(r'\s ') else '<h3>%s</h3>'%string seems like it would work ... — mgilson
– mgilson, Commented Aug 20, 2012 at 20:50
Just as an added point it's not a good idea to overwrite inbuilt classes... avoid using string if possible. — Ben
– Ben, Commented Aug 20, 2012 at 21:07

DorkRawk · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-20 20:51:46Z

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Take a look at the text part of your string, make sure there's nothing there creating a line break. When I tried:

s = '\s hi world'
re.sub(r'\\s (.*)', r'<h3>\1</h3>', s)

I got:

'<h3>hi world</h3>'

I was using Python 2.7.3.

answered Aug 20, 2012 at 20:51

DorkRawk

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