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  1. import re
  2. text = '''
  3.     (A) Match these:
  4.     *** star* st**r
  5.  
  6.     (B) Not these:
  7.     800*m *4,500 
  8.  
  9.     (C) And not these:
  10.     800**m **4,000
  11.     '''
  12. print(re.findall(r'(?<!\S)(?!\*+\d)[a-zA-Z]*\*[a-zA-Z*]*', text))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 27712KB
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['***', 'star*', 'st**r']
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Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
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