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  1. import re
  2. word = "8"
  3. pat = r'(?<!\S){0}(?!\S)'.format(re.escape(word))
  4. print re.search(pat,"nnn 8", flags=re.IGNORECASE)
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<_sre.SRE_Match object at 0xb74704b8>
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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8 years ago
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