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  1. import re
  2. s = "Example=N      ; Comment Line One error=\n\n; Comment Line Two.\n\nDesired=\n"
  3. config_value = 'Example'
  4. pattern=r'(?sm)^{}=(.*?)(?=[\r\n]+\w+=|\Z)'.format(config_value)
  5. match = re.search(pattern, s)
  6. if match:
  7.     print(match.group(1))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 6864KB
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N      ; Comment Line One error=

; Comment Line Two.
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