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python regular expressions sample for replacing strings using wildcards
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regex_sample.py
import re
strings = ['abc@1@xyz','abc@2@xyz','abc@789@xyz','abc@defghijklmno@xyz']
for text in strings:
regextest = re.sub("@.*@",str(strings.index(text)),text) # .* means zero or more of any character
print regextest
'''expected output
abc0xyz
abc1xyz
abc2xyz
abc3xyz
'''
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