Question

How to match sequences of 'x' followed by any character ending with 'y' form string with regular expression in Python

Answer 1

import re     

s = 'xyx - aaXY.aaAyyy-aABCaxYxxyYaxaa.'    
pattern = 'x.*?y'  # 'x' followed by any character ending with 'y'

for match in re.findall(pattern, s):         
    print('Found: {!r}'.format(match))
    
    
'''
run:

Found: 'xy'
Found: 'x - aaXY.aaAy'
Found: 'xYxxy'

'''

 

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