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  1. import re
  2. subject = 'keyword1 keyword2 title:hello title:world "title:quoted" keyword3'
  3. regex = re.compile(r'"[^"]*"|(\btitle:\S+)')
  4. def myreplacement(m):
  5.     if m.group(1):
  6.         return ""
  7.     else:
  8.         return m.group(0)
  9. replaced = regex.sub(myreplacement, subject)
  10. print(replaced)
  11.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.03s 9440KB
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keyword1 keyword2   "title:quoted" keyword3
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http://stackoverflow.com/q/24111080//24111368#24111368
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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11 years ago
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