regex - Python:Replace tab in double quotes -
hi have line want replace tab in double quotes. have wrote script not working want. line:
q3u962 mus musculus mrmp-mouse optimization "mrmp-mouse " my script:
repline in reppepdata: findtorep=re.findall(r"['\"](.*?)['\"]", repline) if len(findtorep) >0: repitem in findtorep: repchar =repitem repchar=repchar.replace('\t', '') my output should be:
q3u962 mus musculus mrmp-mouse optimization "mrmp-mouse" but getting this:
q3u962 mus musculus mrmp-mouseoptimization "mrmp-mouse" words separated tab delimiter here.
q3u962\tmus musculus\tmrmp-mouse\toptimization \t"mrmp-mouse\t" anyone has idea how it?
note: answer assumes (it confirmed op) there no escaped quotes/sequences in input.
you may match quoted string simple "[^"]+" regex matches ", 1+ chars other " , ", , replace tabs inside within lambda:
import re s = 'q3u96 mus musculu mrmp-mous optimizatio "mrmp-mouse "' res = re.sub(r'"[^"]+"', lambda m: m.group(0).replace("\t", ""), s) print(res) see python demo
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