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Function global_substitute - Global substitution function.


SYNOPSIS

import HTMLutil
def global_substitute(search_func, repl_func, s)

DESCRIPTION

Returns a new string after having the repl_func process the text found by the search_func.

search_func
A function which takes a string and a starting index and returns a tuple of the beginning and ending index where a text pattern is found. Should return (None, None) if nothing is found.
repl_func
A function which takes a string and returns a new string which has been processed in some way (ie.,marked up).
s
The string to act on.

SEE ALSO

HTMLutil


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