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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. x = 'john got shot dead. john with his .... ? , john got killed or died in 1990. john with his wife dead or died'
  4.  
  5. x = re.sub(r'[^\w]', ' ', x)  # removed all dots, commas, special symbols
  6.  
  7. for i in re.findall(r'(?<=\bjohn\b)(?:(?!\bjohn\b).)*?(?=\b(?:dead|died|death)\b)', x):
  8. 	print i.strip()
  9. 	print len([word for word in i.split()])
  10.  
  11.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 9016KB
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got shot
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got killed or
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with his wife
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https://ideone.com/5TlGf9
language:
Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
7 years ago
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