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  1. import re
  2. file = "Dear   John    Buy   1 of A1~A10, cost 10 dollars\n       Ivan    Buy  20 of Milk\nDear   Tina    Buy  10 of Coke, cost 100 dollars\n       Mary    Buy   5 of Milk"
  3. for line in file.split("\n"):
  4. 	match = re.search(r'\s+(?P<name>\w+)\D*(?P<num>\d+)\sof\s(?P<item>[^,]+)\D*(?P<costs>\d*)',line)
  5. 	if match:
  6. 		print(match.groups())
  7.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9016KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
('John', '1', 'A1~A10', '10')
('Ivan', '20', 'Milk', '')
('Tina', '10', 'Coke', '100')
('Mary', '5', 'Milk', '')
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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8 years ago
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