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  1. import re
  2. strs = ['Isla Vista (University of California, Santa Barbara)[2]','Carrollton (University of West Georgia)[2]','Dahlonega (North Georgia College & State University)[2]']
  3. rx = re.compile(r'^\S*(?:\s(?!\()\S*)*', re.S)
  4. for s in strs:
  5. 	m = rx.search(s) 
  6. 	if m:
  7. 		print('{} => {}'.format(s, m.group()))
  8. 	else:
  9. 		print("{}: No match!".format(s))
  10.  
  11.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9380KB
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Isla Vista (University of California, Santa Barbara)[2] => Isla Vista
Carrollton (University of West Georgia)[2] => Carrollton
Dahlonega (North Georgia College & State University)[2] => Dahlonega
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Python 3 (python  3.12)
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5 years ago
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