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Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression

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On Saturday, June 15, 2013 3:12:55 PM UTC+5:30, subhaba...@gmail.com wrote:
> Dear Group,
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> I am trying to search the following pattern in Python.
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> I have following strings:
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>  (i)"In the ocean"
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>  (ii)"On the ocean"
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>  (iii) "By the ocean"
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>  (iv) "In this group"
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>  (v) "In this group"
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>  (vi) "By the new group"
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>        .....
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> I want to extract from the first word to the last word, 
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> where first word and last word are varying.
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> I am looking to extract out:
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>   (i) the
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>   (ii) the 
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>   (iii) the
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>   (iv) this
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>   (v) this
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>   (vi) the new
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>       .....
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> The problem may be handled by converting the string to list and then 
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> index of list. 
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> But I am thinking if I can use regular expression in Python.
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> If any one of the esteemed members can help.
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> Thanking you in Advance,
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> Regards,
> 
> Subhabrata

Dear Group,

Thank you for the answer. But I want to learn bit of interesting regular expression forms where may I? No Mark, thank you for your links but they were not sufficient. I am looking for more intriguing exercises, esp use of or in the pattern search. 

Regards,
Subhabrata. 

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Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 02:42 -0700
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-15 10:05 +0000
    Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 10:24 +0000
      Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 11:55 +0100
        Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 04:28 -0700
        Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 13:41 +0000
          Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 13:45 +0000
            Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 15:28 +0100
              Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 07:31 -0700
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Andreas Perstinger <andipersti@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 17:01 +0200
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 16:04 +0100
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 09:28 -0700
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 17:39 +0100
                Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-15 16:24 -0400
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 11:18 +0100
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-15 09:59 -0700
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 10:54 -0700
    Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-15 11:47 -0700
      Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression subhabangalore@gmail.com - 2013-06-15 12:38 -0700
      Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression rurpy@yahoo.com - 2013-06-15 13:41 -0700
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Joshua Landau <joshua.landau.ws@gmail.com> - 2013-06-15 22:03 +0100
  Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-15 22:26 +0100

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