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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. test_str = ("%macro msg (name= some_macro) ;\n"
  4. 	"%put Hello World, my name is &name ;\n"
  5. 	" %mend ;\n\n"
  6. 	"%macro msg (name= some_macro) ;\n"
  7. 	"%put Hello World, my name is &name ;\n"
  8. 	"%let something happen\n"
  9. 	"%do something else\n"
  10. 	"%mend ;")
  11.  
  12. pattern = re.compile(r"%macro.*\r?\n((?:(?!\s*%mend).*\r?\n)+)\s*%mend ;")
  13.  
  14. print(re.findall(pattern, test_str))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9548KB
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Standard input is empty
stdout 
['%put Hello World, my name is &name ;\n', '%put Hello World, my name is &name ;\n%let something happen\n%do something else\n']
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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5 years ago
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