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Serpentine · 12-01-2011, 11:57 AM

You can most likely use something like :

Code:

(?i)(?:^|\s+)(\d+\.?\d*?|[\D])

To grab all of the interesting first characters/numbers

Code:

string = r'Föô bár  šjohka'
>>> regex.findall(string)
[u'F', u'b', u'\xe1']

I'm sure you can work it into a replacement without too much of a problem.

12-01-2011, 11:57 AM	#11
Serpentine Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 1045911 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Device: Kindle 3	You can most likely use something like : Code: (?i)(?:^\|\s+)(\d+\.?\d*?\|[\D]) To grab all of the interesting first characters/numbers Code: string = r'Föô bár šjohka' >>> regex.findall(string) [u'F', u'b', u'\xe1'] I'm sure you can work it into a replacement without too much of a problem.