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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. keys = [
  4. 	"name",
  5. 	"anotherkey"
  6. ]
  7. r = r"['\"](" + "|".join([re.escape(key) for key in keys]) + r")['\"]\s*=\s*(?:'([^']*)'|\"([^\"]*)\")"
  8. s = "atable['akeyofthetable'] = { 'name' = 'a name',\n\t  'thevalue' = 34, \n\t  \"anotherkey\" = 'something' }"
  9.  
  10. print(re.findall(r,s))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 9436KB
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[('name', 'a name', ''), ('anotherkey', 'something', '')]
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language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
7 years ago
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