problem with captured group replacement in search/replace
Bug #1903987 reported by
capink
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| calibre |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Bug Description
using calibre 5.4.1 I tried the following search/replace
search field: title
search for: (.*)
replace with: \1 _ append to title
search mode: regular expression
mode: replace field
the result for the above search is as follows:
title: a > title: a _append to title _ append to title
When I tried the same search/replace in calibre 4.23 it gave me the expected result:
title: a > title: a _append to title
I attached a screenshot to demonstrate the error.
Revision history for this message
| capink (capink-eg) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Kovid Goyal (kovid) wrote Re: calibre bug 1903987 | #2 |
| Changed in calibre: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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yes the behavior of .* is different in python 2 and 3. Use .+ instead.
status invalid