<\/p>\nUsing regular expression groups, we can instruct whatever software we happen to be using what we want to replace. For example assuming we want to replace all newlines followed by a digit, we can use what is below in Textpad…<\/p>\n
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…while keeping the newline for those lines that are not followed by a digit.<\/p>\n
You can do something similar in python with the following…<\/p>\n
\r\n>> import re\r\n>>> s=\"steve\\n01\\nbec\\nky\"\r\n>>> print s\r\nsteve\r\n01\r\nbec\r\nky\r\n>>> t = re.sub(r'\\n+([0-9].*)',r' \\1',s)\r\n>>> print t\r\nsteve 01\r\nbec\r\nky\r\n>>>\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Using regular expression groups, we can instruct whatever software we happen to be using what we want to replace. For example assuming we want to replace all newlines followed by a digit, we can use what is below in Textpad……<\/p>\n