def makeBriefSlug(profileID,filename,sequenceLetter): from slugTools import slugTomorrowString theSlug = "M" theDate = slugTomorrowString() theChunk = filename theChunk = re.sub(r'FTP',r'BRF',theChunk) theSlug = theSlug + theDate + theChunk + sequenceLetter print "theslug = " + theSlug return theSlug