Question

In this challenge you will use the file regex_replace_challenge_student.py to:

Write a regular expression that will replace all occurrences of:
regular-expression
regular:expression
regular&expression
In the string: This is a string to search for a regular expression like regular expression or regular-expression or regular:expression or regular&expression
Assign the regular expression to a variable named pattern
Using the sub() method from the re package substitute all occurrences of the 'pattern' with 'substitution'
Assign the outcome of the sub() method to a variable called replace_result
Output to the console replace_results
Regular Expression Replace Challenge
The Python statement containing the string to search for the regular expression occurrence is below. search_string=’’’This is a string to search for a regular expression like regular expression or regular-expression or regular:expression or regular&expression’’’
Write a regular expression that will find all occurrences of:
a. regular expression
b. regular-expression
c. regular:expression
d. regular&expression in search_string
Assign the regular expression to a variable named pattern
The Python string below is used for substitution substitution="regular expression"
Using the sub() method from the re package substitute all occurrences of the ‘pattern’ with ‘substitution’
Assign the outcome of the sub() method to a variable called replace_result
Output to the console replace_results
import re
#The string to search for the regular expression occurrence (This is provided to the student)
search_string='''This is a string to search for a regular expression like regular expression or
regular-expression or regular:expression or regular&expression'''
#1. Write a regular expression that will find all occurrances of:
# a. regular expression
# b. regular-expression
# c. regular:expression
# d. regular&expression
# in search_string
#2. Assign the regular expression to a variable named pattern
#The string to use for subsitution (This is provided to the student)
substitution="regular expression"
#3. Using the sub() method from the re package substitute all occurrences of the 'pattern' with 'substitution'
#4. Assign the outcome of the sub() method to a variable called replace_result
#5. Output to the console replace_results

Answer 1

Please follow the code indentation for the python program.

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