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  1. import re
  2. words = ["apple", "orange", "plum"]
  3. s = 'Sita has apple and "plum" and loves drinking snapple'
  4. print(re.sub(r'\b(?!<")(%s)(?!")\b' % '|'.join(words), r'"\1"', s))
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Sita has "apple" and "plum" and loves drinking snapple
https://ideone.com/Tf9Aka
language:
Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
5 years ago
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