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  1. import re
  2. p = re.compile(r"(\b[-']\b)|[\W_]")
  3. test_str = "No -  d'Ante compactified on a calabi-yau threefold @ ,."
  4. result = p.sub(lambda m: (m.group(1) if m.group(1) else " "), test_str)
  5. print(result)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 9016KB
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No    d'Ante compactified on a calabi-yau threefold
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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9 years ago
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