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  1. import re
  2. strs = [ 'This is a string ((X.address)) test', 'This is a string ((X address)) test', 'This is a string (X address) test', 'This is a string (X.address) test', 'This is a string ((X and Y and Z address)) test' ]
  3. for s in strs:
  4. 	print(s, '=>', re.sub(r'\s*\(+[^()]*\baddress.*', '', s, flags=re.S))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9464KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
This is a string ((X.address)) test => This is a string
This is a string ((X address)) test => This is a string
This is a string (X address) test => This is a string
This is a string (X.address) test => This is a string
This is a string ((X and Y and Z address)) test => This is a string
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language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
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6 years ago
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