Python Regular Expression Examples: Remarks

>>> import re
>>> u = 'Four score and seven years ago, our forefathers...'
>>> y = re.compile('s([aeiou].){2,5}(?# This is just a Python comment in the middle of a regular expression)(.)?')
>>> z = re.split(y,u)
>>> for i in z:
...     print i
...
Four score and
en

years ago, our forefathers...