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How do I find a string between two substrings ('123STRINGabc' -> 'STRING')?
My current method is like this:
>>> start = 'asdf=5;' >>> end = '123jasd' >>> s = 'asdf=5;iwantthis123jasd' >>> print((s.split(start))[1].split(end)[0]) iwantthis However, this seems very inefficient and un-pythonic. What is a better way to do something like this?
Forgot to mention: The string might not start and end with start and end. They may have more characters before and after.
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To find a string between two strings in Python, use the re.search() method. The re.search() is a built-in Python method that searches a string for a match and returns the Match object if it finds a match. If it finds more than one match, it only returns the first occurrence of the match.
You can use any : a_string = "A string is more than its parts!" matches = ["more", "wholesome", "milk"] if any(x in a_string for x in matches): Similarly to check if all the strings from the list are found, use all instead of any .
import re s = 'asdf=5;iwantthis123jasd' result = re.search('asdf=5;(.*)123jasd', s) print(result.group(1)) If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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