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Searching and extracting WH-word from a file line by line with Python and regex

I have a file that has one sentence per line. I am trying to read the file and search if the sentence is a question using regex and extract the wh-word from the sentences and save them back into ...
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How to split string of biographical info into different dictionaries using regex, in Python?

Recently I got my hands on a research project that would greatly benefit from learning how to parse a string of biographical data on several individuals into a set of dictionaries for each individual. ...
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Regex for the dot character?

I am trying to detect a 'bullet' character followed by some text. For example: • This is some text here Can someone tell me what is the regex to detect the 'bullet' character • in python? What is ...
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python re.compile and split with ÆØÅ charcters

I am very new in Python. I do have a file with a list of words. They contain Danish letters (ÆØÅ) but the re.compile do not understand theses characters. The function split the words by each ÆØÅ. The ...
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processing urls with hashes like jsbin

jsbin, on browsers which do not support (window.history && window.history.pushState) modify the url via window.location.hash = data.edit; (details here). This creates urls like this ...
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require minimum length of a variable in a django url

This bit from my urls.py requires a nine character value... (r'^launch/(?P<app_id>[0-9A-Za-z]{9})/*', 'mysite.views.launch_app'), How do I change this so it requires a minimum nine character ...
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Replace sequence of same characters

What is the fastest way in Python to replace sequence of 3 and more same characters in utf-8 text?I need to replace sequence of 3 and more same characters with exact 2 characters. I.e. aaa -> aa ...
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regex to strict check numbers in string

Example strings: I am a numeric string 75698 I am a alphanumeric string A14-B32-C7D So far my regex works: (\S+)$ I want to add a way (probably look ahead) to check if the result generated by ...
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Does python re (regex) have an alternative to \u unicode escape sequences?

Python treats \uxxxx as a unicode character escape inside a string literal (e.g. u"\u2014" gets interpreted as Unicode character U+2014). But I just discovered (Python 2.7) that standard regex module ...
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how to write regex for a price expression?

Expression is : "price(might contain comma) EG" Examples: 40 EG OR 4,657 EG OR 4,352,345 EG I want one string regex I should use for all of these cases.
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how to get python comment lines count in ruby on rails using regular expressions in ruby [closed]

I need the count of comment lines in pythone code using ruby script with regex. I need the count of block of comments too. For eg: """ This is block of comments """ Thanks for the help in advance
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Python: Text to HTML

Trying to convert a text document into a html document. Small Example: ''Heading'' Becomes: <h1>Heading</h1> I can't get the backslash on the last part of the HTML tag. P.S. Using ...
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how would i separate a string based on some pattern without loosing the match parameter in python?

this is the string i have (ignoring whitespace) a = u'(%o3) (9*t*(7*t*(5*t*(3*t^2-1)/2-2*t)/3-3*(3*t^2-1)2)/4-4\r\n*(5*t*(3*t^2-1)2 \r\n-2*t)\r\n/3)\r\n /5\r\n(%i4) ' how would i split it into ...
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How to get a capture group that doesnt always exist?

I have a regex something like (\d\d\d)(\d\d\d)(\.\d\d){0,1} when it matches I can easily get first two groups, but how do I check if third occurred 0 or 1 times. Also another minor question: ...
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Python regex for a text after an underscore, unless a specific word

Consider the following strings: server server_secure server_APAC_secure server_APAC server_US server_US_secure server_EU_secure server_ISRAEL The template is straightforward: The string server An ...

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