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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. def replace(e): 
  4. 	return e
  5.  
  6. s = 'hi how are you today 23:i ok im good 1:e'
  7. rx = r'(?<!\S)(\d{1,2}:[ie])(?!\S)|\S+'
  8. print(re.sub(rx, lambda x: x.group(1) if x.group(1) else replace(x.group().lower()), s))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 27744KB
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hi how are you today 23:i ok im good 1:e
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Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
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5 years ago
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