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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. pattern = r"(?<!\S)\d+\.\s((?:\d+\.\s)*[^\s.,:!?]+)"
  4. strings = [
  5.     "1. text",
  6.     "2. wordX wordY.",
  7.     "3. 4. wordZ."
  8. ]
  9.  
  10. for s in strings:
  11.     for m in re.finditer(pattern, s):
  12.         print(m.group(1).split(". "))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 7108KB
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['text']
['wordX']
['4', 'wordZ']
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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4 years ago
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