python-regexHow to match everything between two words with Python regex?

To match everything between two words with Python regex, you can use the re.findall() function. This function takes a regular expression pattern and a string as arguments and returns a list of all non-overlapping matches of the pattern in the string.

For example, to match everything between two words start and end, you can use the following code:

import re

text = "This is a start sentence. This is an end sentence."

matches = re.findall(r"start(.*?)end", text)
print(matches)

The output of the above code will be:

[' sentence. This is an ']

The code consists of the following parts:

1. import re: This imports the re module which provides regular expression matching operations.
2. text = "This is a start sentence. This is an end sentence.": This is the string in which we will search for the pattern.
3. matches = re.findall(r"start(.*?)end", text): This uses the re.findall() function to search for the pattern start(.*?)end in the string text. The .*? part of the pattern matches any character (.) zero or more times (*) in a non-greedy manner (?).
4. print(matches): This prints the list of matches found by the re.findall() function.

Helpful links

• Python Regular Expressions
• Regular Expression HOWTO

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