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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. strings = [
  4. 	r"C:\temp\John Smith Junior\file.pdf",
  5. 	r"C:\temp\John Smith Junior\John Smith Junior\file.pdf",
  6. 	r"C:\temp\John Smith Junior file.pdf"
  7. ]
  8.  
  9. for s in strings:
  10. 	m = re.match(r".*?\bJunior\b(\\)?(?(1)|.*)", s)
  11. 	if m:
  12. 		print(m.group())
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9376KB
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C:\temp\John Smith Junior\
C:\temp\John Smith Junior\
C:\temp\John Smith Junior file.pdf
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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4 years ago
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