Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

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M. L. Hetland, F. NelliBeginning Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0196-9_20

20. Project 1: Instant Markup

Magnus Lie Hetland¹   and Fabio Nelli²

(1)

Trondheim, Norway

(2)

ROMA, Roma, Italy

 

In this project, you see how to use Python’s excellent text-processing capabilities, including the capability to use regular expressions to change a plain-text file into one marked up in a language such as HTML or XML. You need such skills if you want to use text written by people who don’t know these languages in a system that requires the contents to be marked up.

Don’t speak fluent XML? Don’t worry about that—if you have only a passing acquaintance with HTML, you’ll ...