python regular expression replacing part of a matched string

Question

i got an string that might look like this

\"myFunc(\'element\',\'node\',\'elementVersion\',\'ext\',12,0,0)\"

i\'m currently checking for va

Answer 1

If you want to do this without using regex:

>>> s = "myFunc('element','node','elementVersion','ext',12,0,0)"
>>> l = s.split(",")
>>> l[2]="'noVersion'"
>>> s = ",".join(l)
>>> s
"myFunc('element','node','noVersion','ext',12,0,0)"