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First solution in Clear category for Between Markers by flairplaya
def between_markers(txt, p, q):
pi, qi = txt.find(p), txt.find(q)
beg = pi + len(p) if pi > -1 else 0
end = qi if qi > -1 else len(txt)
return txt[beg:end]
if __name__ == '__main__':
print('Example:')
print(between_markers('What is >apple<', '>', '<'))
# These "asserts" are used for self-checking and not for testing
assert between_markers('What is >apple<', '>', '<') == "apple", "One sym"
assert between_markers("My new site",
"", "") == "My new site", "HTML"
assert between_markers('No[/b] hi', '[b]', '[/b]') == 'No', 'No opened'
assert between_markers('No [b]hi', '[b]', '[/b]') == 'hi', 'No close'
assert between_markers('No hi', '[b]', '[/b]') == 'No hi', 'No markers at all'
assert between_markers('No ', '>', '<') == '', 'Wrong direction'
print('Wow, you are doing pretty good. Time to check it!')
May 7, 2021
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