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Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 09:43:59 -0400
Subject: Re: Regular Expression
From: Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 9:36 AM, Palpandi <palpandi111@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> This is the case. To split "string2" from "string1_string2" I am using
> re.split('_', "string1_string2", 1)[1].
>
> It is working fine for string "string1_string2" and output as "string2". But actually the problem is that if a sting is "__string1_string2" and the output is "_string1_string2". It is wrong.
>
> How to fix this issue?

"__string1_string2".split('_')[-1]