Extend all occurences in a string in Python

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The goal is to prefix and suffix all occurrences of a substring (case-insensitive) in a source string. I basically need to figure out how to get from source_str to target_str.

source_str = 'You ARe probably familiaR with wildcard'
target_str = 'You [b]AR[/b]e probably famili[b]aR[/b] with wildc[b]ar[/b]d'

In this example, I am finding all occurrences of 'ar' (case insensitive) and replacing each occurrence by itself (i.e. AR, aR and ar respectively), with a prefix ([b])and suffix ([/b]).

Shawn Chin · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-21 11:48:20Z

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>>> import re
>>> source_str = 'You ARe probably familiaR with wildcard'
>>> re.sub(r"(ar)", r"[b]\1[/b]", source_str, flags=re.IGNORECASE)
'You [b]AR[/b]e probably famili[b]aR[/b] with wildc[b]ar[/b]d'

answered Oct 21, 2011 at 11:48

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AKX · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-21 11:49:35Z

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Something like

import re
ar_re = re.compile("(ar)", re.I)
print ar_re.sub(r"[b]\1[/b]", "You ARe probably familiaR with wildcard")

perhaps?

answered Oct 21, 2011 at 11:49

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