Python Standard Library

The reconvert Module

(Obsolete) The reconvert module, shown in Example 14-34, converts old-style regular expressions as used by the regex module to the new style used by the re module. It can also be used as a command-line tool.

Example 14-34. Using the reconvert Module

File: reconvert-example-1.py

import reconvert

for pattern in "abcd", "a\(b*c\)d", "\<\w+\>":
    print pattern, "=>", reconvert.convert(pattern)

abcd => abcd
a\(b*c\)d => a(b*c)d
\<\w+\> => \b\w+\b