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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. regex = r"(?m)^(\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4})\n(.*?)(?=\n\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4}$|\nSome Delimiter|\Z)"
  4.  
  5. test_str = ("Text Starts\n"
  6. 	"23/01/2018\n"
  7. 	"Something here. It was a crazy day.\n"
  8. 	"Believe me.\n"
  9. 	"02/02/2018\n"
  10. 	"Another thing happens.\n"
  11. 	"Some Delimiter\n"
  12. 	"20/02/2017\n"
  13. 	"Text here\n"
  14. 	"21/02/2017\n"
  15. 	"Another text.\n"
  16. 	"Here.\n"
  17. 	"End Section\n"
  18. 	"...text continues...")
  19.  
  20. print(re.findall(regex, test_str, re.DOTALL))
  21.  
  22.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 6900KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
[('23/01/2018', 'Something here. It was a crazy day.\nBelieve me.'), ('02/02/2018', 'Another thing happens.'), ('20/02/2017', 'Text here'), ('21/02/2017', 'Another text.\nHere.\nEnd Section\n...text continues...')]
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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7 years ago
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