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#! /usr/bin/env python
 
'''third script, shows how to import a module and use the 
regex module to transcribe DNA to RNA
'''
 
#import regular expression module
import re
 
#setting the DNA string
myDNA = 'ACGTTGCAACGTTGCAACGTTGCA'
 
#assigning a new regex and compiling it 
#to find all Ts
regexp = re.compile('T')
 
#create a new string tha will receive 
#the regex result with Us replacing Ts
myRNA = regexp.sub('U', myDNA)
 
print myRNA