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  1. import re
  2. p = re.compile(r'-(?!(?:aa|bb)-)([^-]+)(?=-)')
  3. s = "-a-bc-aa-def-bb-ghij-"
  4. print(p.findall(s))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 9016KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
['a', 'bc', 'def', 'ghij']
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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7 years ago
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