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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. pattern = r'("[^"]*")|:'
  4. s = 'x:123; y:"z:456"'
  5.  
  6. res = re.sub(pattern, lambda x: x.group(1) if x.group(1) else "=", s)
  7. print(res)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9404KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
x=123; y="z:456"
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language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
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4 years ago
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