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  1. import re
  2.  
  3. regex = r"(?<![a-zA-Z0-9])(t)es(t)(?![a-zA-Z0-9])"
  4.  
  5. test_str = ("test=y\n"
  6. 	"tes't\n"
  7. 	"test'\n"
  8. 	"test-y\n"
  9. 	"tes-ty\n"
  10. 	"    test  Test    \n"
  11. 	"test\n"
  12. 	"abcdefg  Test ... test are the best... some thing words @@$: HAHA TEST ONE REAL PLAYER!!! EXCELLENT! It's testy night")
  13.  
  14. subst = "\\1**\\2"
  15.  
  16. result = re.sub(regex, subst, test_str, 0, re.IGNORECASE)
  17.  
  18. if result:
  19.     print (result)
  20.  
  21.  
  22.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.04s 9992KB
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stdin 
Standard input is empty
stdout 
t**t=y
tes't
t**t'
t**t-y
tes-ty
    t**t  T**t    
t**t
abcdefg  T**t ... t**t are the best... some thing words @@$: HAHA T**T ONE REAL PLAYER!!! EXCELLENT! It's testy night
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language:
Python 3 (python  3.12)
created:
7 years ago
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