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From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Pattern Search Regular Expression
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:26:11 +0100
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On 15/06/2013 22:03, Joshua Landau wrote:
> On 15 June 2013 11:18, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> I tend to reach for string methods rather than an RE so will something like
>> this suit you?
>>
>> c:\Users\Mark\MyPython>type a.py
>> for s in ("In the ocean",
>>            "On the ocean",
>>            "By the ocean",
>>            "In this group",
>>            "In this group",
>>            "By the new group"):
>>      print(' '.join(s.split()[1:-1]))
>>
>>
>> c:\Users\Mark\MyPython>a
>> the
>> the
>> the
>> this
>> this
>> the new
>
> Careful - " ".join(s.split()) != s
>
> Eg:
>>>> " ".join("s\ns".split())
> 's s'
>
> It's pedantry, but true.
>

I'm sorry but I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about.  I 
believe the code I posted works for the OP's needs.  If it doesn't 
please say so.

-- 
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Mark Lawrence