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  1. import re
  2. text = 'I want apples and oranges'
  3. k = 2
  4. pattern = f"apples(?:\s+\w+){{0,{k}}}\s+oranges"
  5. m = re.search(pattern, text)
  6. if m:
  7. 	print(m.group())
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9576KB
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apples and oranges
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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