What is the best practice to remove my own tag's contents?

Question

I use Python 2.7 and Django 1.6.

I use unicode.

I'd like to remove my own tag's contents. My own tag name is <nospeak>.

For example, if input the message below,

INPUT:

foofoo<nospeak>barbar</nospeak>hogehoge

The result I hope is there.

OUTPUT:

foofoohogehoge

*<nospeak>barbar</nospeak> is removed

The important thing is that unicode is also included.

I created my method. It runs fine. But, I used it in Django. It didn't run fine.

Could you tell me the good practice to remove my own tag's contents?

F.I.Y the method I created.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import re

def __make_speakable_text(text):
    pattern = r"(<nospeak>.*?</nospeak>)"
    matches = re.findall(pattern, text)

    speakable_text = text

    if len(matches) == 0:
        print 'Not match'
    else:
        for match in matches:
            # print match
            speakable_text = speakable_text.replace(match, '')

    return speakable_text

What's wrong with `re.sub(r'.*?', '', text)` ? – Avinash Raj Mar 25 '15 at 07:38 — Avinash Raj, Mar 25 '15 at 07:38

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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Try with re.sub(ur'<nospeak>.*?</nospeak>', '', text).

To read more on the u and r before the regex pattern, you can check What exactly do "u" and "r" string flags do in Python, and what are raw string literals? post.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Mar 25 '15 at 07:56

Wiktor Stribiżew

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stribizhev Thank you for replying. But, if I use your command. content aren't removed. Only remove tags.. – shinriyo Mar 25 '15 at 07:59
@shinriyo: Please have a look at the updated answer. – Wiktor Stribiżew Mar 25 '15 at 08:04
Thank you. But, I don't use contained text So, I merged your answer and Avinash Raj's answer finally `re.sub(ur'.*?', '', text)` – shinriyo Mar 25 '15 at 08:42
@shinriyo: Please check out the link I added to the post. I hope that is quite enough. – Wiktor Stribiżew Mar 25 '15 at 08:49
Your old answer is also helped me. But, I can't resolve how to use '\g<1>' http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29270437/how-to-matchobject-in-python – shinriyo Mar 26 '15 at 03:09

What is the best practice to remove my own tag's contents?

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