[mod_python] spaces from a web form

2009/7/23 Rakotomandimby Mihamina <mihamina at gulfsat.mg>:
> Hi all
> let the following simplified code be:
>
>  import re
>  textarea=for.getfirst('text')
>  spaces=re.compile('^( )+$')
>  new_txt=re.sub(spaces, '_', textarea)
>
> The HTML is a very simple form with a textarea.
> The substitution doesnt occur. The '+' signs
> in the Url seem to be stripped and replaced by
> something not matched as a space;

What does this code shows?:

[ord(x) for x in unicode(textarea, 'utf8')]

Replace utf8 for whatever is the used encoding.

The best aproach is to just strip leading and trailing spaces:

new_txt = textarea.lstrip(' ').rstrip(' ')

Regards, Clodoaldo

>
> I already tried with something like "\s" in the regexp
> but no more luck. Any more tips?
> Thank you.
>
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