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  1. import re
  2. s = '[*]\r\n[list][*][*][/list][*]text[list][*][/list]'
  3. match = re.compile('\[list].+?\[/list]', re.DOTALL)
  4. print(match.sub(lambda m: m.group().replace('*', '**'), s))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 9016KB
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[list][**][**][/list][*]text[list][**][/list]
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7 years ago
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