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  1. import re
  2. p = re.compile(r'\[{2}(?:[^|\]]*\|)?([^]]*)]{2}')
  3. test_str = "He lives in [[Gimhae city|Gimhae]]. He lives in [[Gimhae]]. "
  4. result = re.sub(p, r"\1", test_str)
  5. print(result)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 8968KB
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He lives in Gimhae. He lives in Gimhae.
https://ideone.com/nr1l6D
language:
Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
8 years ago
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