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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. rx = r"\d+\s+-\s+.*?(?=\s*(?:,\s*)?\d+\s+-\s|\Z)"
  4. texts = ["123 - Footwear, 5678 - Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods, 9876 - Leisure Products", "321 - Apparel & Accessories, 4321 - Apparel & Accessories > Handbags, Wallets & Cases, 187 - Apparel & Accessories > Shoes"]
  5. for s in texts:
  6. 	print("--- {} ---".format(s))
  7. 	print(re.findall(rx, s, re.S))
  8.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 9612KB
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--- 123 - Footwear, 5678 - Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods, 9876 - Leisure Products ---
['123 - Footwear', '5678 - Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods', '9876 - Leisure Products']
--- 321 - Apparel & Accessories, 4321 - Apparel & Accessories > Handbags, Wallets & Cases, 187 - Apparel & Accessories > Shoes ---
['321 - Apparel & Accessories', '4321 - Apparel & Accessories > Handbags, Wallets & Cases', '187 - Apparel & Accessories > Shoes']
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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