Python Regex - Replace Single Quotes And Brackets

I'd like to replace quantities with name then a square bracket and a single quote with the contents inside. So, from this: RSQ(name['BAKD DK'], name['A DKJ']) to this: RSQ(BAKD DK

Solution 1:

Code -

import re
s = "RSQ(name['BAKD DK'], name['A DKJ'])"
expr = r"[\'\[\]]|\bname\b"print(re.sub(expr, '', s))

Output -

RSQ(BAKD DK, A DKJ)

Solution 2:

You can also use the saving groups to extract strings from inside the name['something']:

>>>import re>>>s = "RSQ(name['BAKD DK'], name['A DKJ'])">>>re.sub(r"name\['(.*?)'\]", r"\1", s)
'RSQ(BAKD DK, A DKJ)'

where (.*?) is a capturing group that would match any characters any number of times in a non-greedy fashion. \1 references the captured group in a replacement string.