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  1. import re
  2. s = "The river *runs slowly* but surely"
  3. res = re.findall(r'\*[^*]*\*|(\w+)', s)
  4. print(list(filter(None, res)))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 27712KB
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['The', 'river', 'but', 'surely']
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Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
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5 years ago
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