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  1. import re
  2. p = re.compile(r'^([^:(]+?)(\s*[:(])', re.MULTILINE)
  3. s = "foo : bar\nfoo bar: baz\nfoo (bar): baz"
  4. result = p.sub(r"<\1>\2", s)
  5. print(result)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 9984KB
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<foo> : bar
<foo bar>: baz
<foo> (bar): baz
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