source: liacs/dbdm/dbdm_4/MultiReplace.py@ 59

Last change on this file since 59 was 56, checked in by Rick van der Zwet, 15 years ago

Make sure to include the helper file as well

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1import re, string
2# Taken from http://effbot.org/zone/python-replace.htm
3
4class MultiReplace:
5 def __init__(self, repl_dict):
6 # "compile" replacement dictionary
7
8 # assume char to char mapping
9 charmap = map(chr, range(256))
10 for k, v in repl_dict.items():
11 if len(k) != 1 or len(v) != 1:
12 self.charmap = None
13 break
14 charmap[ord(k)] = v
15 else:
16 self.charmap = string.join(charmap, "")
17 return
18
19 # string to string mapping; use a regular expression
20 keys = repl_dict.keys()
21 keys.sort() # lexical order
22 keys.reverse() # use longest match first
23 pattern = string.join(map(re.escape, keys), "|")
24 self.pattern = re.compile(pattern)
25 self.dict = repl_dict
26
27 def replace(self, str):
28 # apply replacement dictionary to string
29 if self.charmap:
30 return string.translate(str, self.charmap)
31 def repl(match, get=self.dict.get):
32 item = match.group(0)
33 return get(item, item)
34 return self.pattern.sub(repl, str)
35
36#print r.replace("spam&eggs") # prints "eggs&spam"
37#
38#r = MultiReplace({"a": "b", "b": "a"})
39#print r.replace("keaba") # "kebab"
40#
41#r = MultiReplace({". ": "\n", "!": "exclamation", "?": "question"})
42#print repr(r.replace("look. an albatross !")) # 'look\nan albatross exclamation'
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