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  1. import re
  2. text = 'Smith-Jones, Robert&Epson, Robert'
  3. pattern = r'[A-Za-z]+(?:-[A-Za-z]+)?,\sRobert'
  4. print re.findall(pattern, text)
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['Smith-Jones, Robert', 'Epson, Robert']
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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9 years ago
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