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  1. import re
  2. regex = r"\*_____________________________([\s\S]*?)\*_____________________________(?:\n\*){2}"
  3. test_str = ("*_____________________________\n"
  4. 	"* This is header text\n"
  5. 	"* For details, see foobar.txt.\n"
  6. 	"*_____________________________\n"
  7. 	"*\n"
  8. 	"*\n\n"
  9. 	"* Code goes here\n"
  10. 	"Code = x\n")
  11. subst = "*\\n* Hello, world.\\n*"
  12.  
  13. # You can manually specify the number of replacements by changing the 4th argument
  14. result = re.sub(regex, subst, test_str, 0, re.MULTILINE)
  15.  
  16. if result:
  17.     print (result)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 9664KB
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* Hello, world.
*

* Code goes here
Code = x
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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6 years ago
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