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pythonregexpython-3.x
user3525290
user3525290

Reputation: 1607

Python RegEx multiple LInes

I am stuck. I am trying to get rid of the tag and the whitespace between the tag using a regex.

b="<NAME> 
   content here 
   more content
</NAME>
"
result = re.sub("<NAME.*?NAME>", "", b)

If 'b' is all on one line it work. It removes everything between the name tags. But I need it to work with multiple lines as well.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 91

Answers (1)

Kasravnd
Kasravnd

Reputation: 107287

Your regular expression is not correct. You can use the following regex:

In [7]: print(re.sub(r'\s*</?NAME>\s*', '', b))
content here 
   more content

or:

In [8]: print(re.sub(r'\s*</?NAME>\s*\n', '', b))
   content here 
   more content

Upvotes: 1

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