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  1. import re
  2.  
  3.  
  4. x = re.compile(r'(.*?)(?:\s+\(unwanted static pattern\))?$')
  5. for s in ['This will be captured (unwanted static pattern)',
  6.     'This wil also be captured']:
  7.     m = x.search(s)
  8.     if m:
  9.         print(m.group(1))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 27744KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
This will be captured
This wil also be captured
https://ideone.com/195NIk
https://stackoverflow.com/a/55327060/874188
language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
6 years ago
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