end = span[ 1 ]
print( str( match_count ) + " - " + character_entity + " - span: ( " + str( start ) + ", " + str( end ) + " )" )
replace_string = replace_string[:start] + character_entity + replace_string[end:]
print( "replaced?: " + replace_string )
match_count = 0
replace_string = test_string
re_match = re_test.search( replace_string )
while ( ( re_match ) and ( re_match != None ) ):
# output the match and the span.
match_count += 1
character_entity = re_match.group( 0 ).encode( 'ascii', 'xmlcharrefreplace' )
span = re_match.span()
start = span[ 0 ]
end = span[ 1 ]
print( str( match_count ) + " - " + character_entity + " - span: ( " + str( start ) + ", " + str( end ) + " )" )
replace_string = replace_string[:start] + character_entity + replace_string[end:]
re_match = re_test.search( replace_string )
print( "replaced?: " + replace_string )
from python_utilities.strings.string_helper import StringHelper
helper_replaced = StringHelper.entitize_4_byte_unicode( test_string )
print( "helper replaced?: " + helper_replaced )
