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  1. import re
  2. a = '*my italic text*'
  3. b = '**NOT italic**'
  4. x = re.sub(r'[*](?!\*)([^\*]+)[*](?!\*)', r'<em>\1</em>', a)
  5. y = re.sub(r'[*](?!\*)([^\*]+)[*](?!\*)', r'<em>\1</em>', b)
  6. print(x, y)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.11s 10104KB
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stdin 
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stdout 
<em>my italic text</em> **NOT italic**
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language:
Python 3 (python  3.9.5)
created:
10 years ago
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