replace Regex expression with the match

Question

I have the following string: message = 'hi <@ABC> and <@DEF>', And the following Regex: exp = '<@(.*?)>', so that re.findall(exp, message) outputs ['ABC', 'DEF']. How can I replace the original message matches with those outputs so I get 'hi ABC and DEF'?

Replace with `r'\1'` – Wiktor Stribiżew Jun 04 '19 at 08:58 — Wiktor Stribiżew, Jun 04 '19 at 08:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 04 '19 at 09:01

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import re

line = re.sub(
           r"<@(.*?)>", 
           r"\1", 
           line
       )

answered Jun 04 '19 at 09:01

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