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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. contents = '''
  4.   var cool_spirit_animals = {
  5.     'Abel': 'unicorn',
  6.     'Bob': 'lion'
  7.   };
  8.  
  9.   var spirit_plants = {
  10.     'Cain': 'venus fly trap'
  11.   };
  12.  
  13.   var stupid_spirit_animals = {
  14.     'Dan': 'lamprey'
  15.   };
  16.  
  17.   var spirit_vampires = {
  18.     'Emily': 'Buffy',
  19.     'Fred': 'Dracula'
  20.   };
  21. '''
  22. def repl(m):
  23. 	return re.sub(r"'(\w+)':", r"'\1 Smith':", m.group())
  24.  
  25. my_regex = r'spirit_animals\s*=\s*\{[^}]*(?:}(?!;(?:$|\n))[^}]*)*};(?:$|\n)'
  26. print re.sub(my_regex, repl, contents)
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  var cool_spirit_animals = {
    'Abel Smith': 'unicorn',
    'Bob Smith': 'lion'
  };

  var spirit_plants = {
    'Cain': 'venus fly trap'
  };

  var stupid_spirit_animals = {
    'Dan Smith': 'lamprey'
  };

  var spirit_vampires = {
    'Emily': 'Buffy',
    'Fred': 'Dracula'
  };
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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