Python Regular Expression Examples: Escaped b ('\b')

>>> import re
>>> french = 'Je pense donc je suis.'
>>> german = 'Übung macht den Meister.'
>>> english = '"Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything." -- William of Ockham (1285-1349)'
>>> z = [french, german, english]
>>> y = re.compile(r'(..\b..)(?s)')
>>> for list in z:
...     if re.search(y,list):
...             output = re.search(y, list)
...             print output.group(0)
...
Je p
Übu
er i
>>> [/b [blockquote shade=yes]lockquote] >>> for list in z:
...     if re.search(y,list):
...             output = re.findall(y, list)
...             for i in output:
...                     print i
...
Je p
se d
nc j
e su
Übu
ng m
ht d
en M
er i
se,
nd w
at i
s ne
ry,
he n
er o
f en
es r
ed t
o ex
in a
ng."
- Wi
am o
f Oc
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