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re solution in Clear category for Between Markers by Sim0000
import re
def between_markers(text: str, begin: str, end: str) -> str:
b, e = re.escape(begin), re.escape(end)
if re.search(e + '.*' + b, text): return ''
if begin not in text: text = begin + text
if end not in text: text += end
return re.search(b + '.*' + e, text).group().replace(begin, '').replace(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!')
Nov. 27, 2017
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