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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. regex = r"^[|\s]*\|\s*([^|\s]+)$"
  4.  
  5. names = ("| John | Gilbert | alan\n"
  6.             "| Stephen | king | harris\n"
  7.             "| | Steve\n"
  8.             "| Barack | | Obama\n"
  9.             "|| Donald | | Trump \n"
  10.             "| | Alan\n"
  11.             "| | Stewart")
  12.  
  13. print(re.findall(regex, names, re.MULTILINE))
Success #stdin #stdout 0.02s 9552KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
['Steve', 'Alan', 'Stewart']
https://ideone.com/yv5z33
language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
4 years ago
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