regex pattern letter multiple times python subtitute code example

Example 1: python replace regex

import re
s = "Example String"
replaced = re.sub('[ES]', 'a', s)
print replaced 
# will print 'axample atring'

Example 2: python regular expression

import re

# The string you want to find a pattern within
test_string = 'Hello greppers!'

# Creating a regular expression pattern
# This is a simple one which finds "Hello"
pattern = re.compile(r'Hello')

# This locates and returns all the occurences of the pattern
# within the test_string
match = pattern.finditer(test_string)

# Outputs all the ocurrences which were returned as 
# as match objects
for match in matches:
  print(match)