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  1. import re
  2. pattern = r"\*{2}|\*([^*]*)\*"
  3. text = "Hello *there* are two aster**es next to each other"
  4. print( re.sub(pattern, lambda x: f'<em>{x.group(1)}</em>' if x.group(1) else x.group(), text) )
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9472KB
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Standard input is empty
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Hello <em>there</em> are two aster**es next to each other
https://ideone.com/nn2fZL
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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4 years ago
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