search for abcbabcb and dfsfsefsfd with a random amount of characters inbetween in python

To search for these two patterns with a random amount of characters in between them, you can use regular expressions in Python.

main.py
import re

# Sample strings to search
string1 = "abcfdsadkslabckldfjkabcbcmnbdskabcbawrkj"
string2 = "dfssdiasfsabcdskljfesdfsdfsefsfdlkjifsd"

# Compile the regular expression pattern with a wildcard character in between the two patterns
pattern = re.compile(r'abc.*?bcb|dfs.*?fsefsfd')

# Search for the patterns in the strings
result1 = re.search(pattern, string1)
result2 = re.search(pattern, string2)

# Print the results
print(result1.group(0)) # Output: abcfdsadkslabckldfjkabcbc
print(result2.group(0)) # Output: abcddskljfesdfsdfsefsfd
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In this code, we first import the re module to use regular expressions. Then, we define two sample strings to search for the patterns. We use the re.compile() method to compile the regular expression pattern, which includes a wildcard character (.*?) in between the two patterns we want to search for. The | character separates the two patterns.

We then use the re.search() method to search for the pattern in each string. The group() method is used to extract the matched string from each result. Finally, we print the matched strings.

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