re.sub is only replacing max. of 2 string found by regexp.

[saga]

BPO	35543
Nosy	@serhiy-storchaka

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closed_at = <Date 2018-12-20.08:32:12.140>
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labels = ['invalid', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 're.sub is only replacing max. of 2 string found by regexp.'
updated_at = <Date 2018-12-20.08:32:12.138>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/saga'

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actor = 'serhiy.storchaka'
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components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2018-12-20.08:26:30.724>
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issue_num = 35543
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue35543'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

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Below are the logs:

>>> dat = '"10GE" "4x" "AMPC" "B3" "BUILTIN" "DOWN" "LU" "SFP+" "ether" "xe" "DOWN" "MPC" "BUILTIN"'
>>> type = re.subn(r'\"BUILTIN\"|\"B\d\"|\"I\d\"|\"LU\"|\"Trinity\"|\"Trio\"|\"DOWN\"|\"UNKNOWN\"|'
...     r'^AND$|\"Q\"|\"MPC\"|\"EA\d\"|\"3D\"', '', dat, re.I)
>>> type
('"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"   "DOWN" "LU" "SFP+" "ether" "xe" "DOWN" "MPC" "BUILTIN"', 2)
>>> dat = '"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"   "DOWN" "LU" "SFP+" "ether" "xe" "DOWN" "MPC" "BUILTIN"'
>>> type = re.subn(r'\"BUILTIN\"|\"B\d\"|\"I\d\"|\"LU\"|\"Trinity\"|\"Trio\"|\"DOWN\"|\"UNKNOWN\"|'
...     r'^AND$|\"Q\"|\"MPC\"|\"EA\d\"|\"3D\"', '', dat, re.I)
>>> type
('"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"     "SFP+" "ether" "xe" "DOWN" "MPC" "BUILTIN"', 2)
>>> dat = '"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"     "SFP+" "ether" "xe" "DOWN" "MPC" "BUILTIN"'
>>> type = re.subn(r'\"BUILTIN\"|\"B\d\"|\"I\d\"|\"LU\"|\"Trinity\"|\"Trio\"|\"DOWN\"|\"UNKNOWN\"|'
...     r'^AND$|\"Q\"|\"MPC\"|\"EA\d\"|\"3D\"', '', dat, re.I)
>>> type
('"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"     "SFP+" "ether" "xe"   "BUILTIN"', 2)
>>> dat = '"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"     "SFP+" "ether" "xe"   "BUILTIN"'
>>> type = re.subn(r'\"BUILTIN\"|\"B\d\"|\"I\d\"|\"LU\"|\"Trinity\"|\"Trio\"|\"DOWN\"|\"UNKNOWN\"|'
...     r'^AND$|\"Q\"|\"MPC\"|\"EA\d\"|\"3D\"', '', dat, re.I)
>>> type
('"10GE" "4x" "AMPC"     "SFP+" "ether" "xe"   ', 1)
>>>

[serhiy-storchaka]

The third argument of re.sub() is the maximal number of replacements. re.I == 2.

sub(pattern, repl, string, count=0, flags=0)
    Return the string obtained by replacing the leftmost
    non-overlapping occurrences of the pattern in string by the
    replacement repl.  repl can be either a string or a callable;
    if a string, backslash escapes in it are processed.  If it is
    a callable, it's passed the Match object and must return
    a replacement string to be used.