Delete all text between two delimiters in for all elements in a list of strings python

Asked Nov 29 '17 at 07:06

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My list holds strings that are representing info on html tables, I want to delete the extra info in the tags ie. this is what is in there initially

<td style="color: red;">

and this is what I want to get <td>

so far I've tried this where table is my list of strings

[re.sub(r'<td[.*?]>','<td>',x,re.DOTALL) for x in tables]

pulling my hair out over this and I know it's something thats an easy fix can anyone give suggestions?

Thanks!

and yes I do need to use regular expressions and am not expected to use any extra html imports...

edited Nov 29 '17 at 07:20

asked Nov 29 '17 at 07:06

justDare

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https://stackoverflow.com/a/1732454/57191 – cwallenpoole Nov 29 '17 at 07:09
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If you really want to use regular expressions, try: `re.sub(r'', '', x, re.DOTALL)` – John1024 Nov 29 '17 at 07:12
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Use `re.sub(']+>', '', x)` for maximum safety if you really *need* to use regular expressions. – poke Nov 29 '17 at 07:16

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