re.sub replace with matched content

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Simply use \1 instead of $1:

In [1]: import re

In [2]: method = 'images/:id/huge'

In [3]: re.sub(r'(:[a-z]+)', r'<span>\1</span>', method)
Out[3]: 'images/<span>:id</span>/huge'

Also note the use of raw strings (r'...') for regular expressions. It is not mandatory but removes the need to escape backslashes, arguably making the code slightly more readable.

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