codetools.util.cbook.Xlator

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class Xlator(dict): (source)

All-in-one multiple-string-substitution class Example usage: text = "Larry Wall is the creator of Perl" adict = { "Larry Wall" : "Guido van Rossum", "creator" : "Benevolent Dictator for Life", "Perl" : "Python", } print multiple_replace(adict, text) xlat = Xlator(adict) print xlat.xlat(text)

Method	`__call__`	Handler invoked for each regex match
Method	`xlat`	Translate text, returns the modified text.
Method	`_make_regex`	Build re object based on the keys of the current dictionary

def __call__(self, match): (source)

Handler invoked for each regex match

def xlat(self, text): (source)

Translate text, returns the modified text.

def _make_regex(self): (source)

Build re object based on the keys of the current dictionary