Printing SubStrings, Python

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I am writing a function that is to return the words of a string between the firstWord and secondWord that are given by the user.

def returnWordsBetween(firstWord, secondWord, inputString):
    start = inputString.find(firstWord)
    end = inputString.find(secondWord)
    inputString =(start, end) 
    print inputString 

    firstWord = '<data>'
    secondWord = '</data>'
    inputString = 'fooz bizz <data> 31.25 funnel </data> fuzz'

Does this look to work? I am not getting anything to print out and no error codes, not sure what is up

indent last 3 line outwards(<--)..

shaktimaan
– shaktimaan

2015-07-30 05:46:44 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2015 at 5:46 — shaktimaan
– shaktimaan, Commented Jul 30, 2015 at 5:46

Avinash Raj · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-30 05:46:39Z

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You may use regex.

print re.search(firstWord+r'(.*?)'+secondWord, inputString).group(1)

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 5:46

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JuniorCompressor · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-30 05:47:23Z

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Use:

inputString[start + len(firstWord):end]

For example:

firstWord = '<data>'
secondWord = '</data>'
inputString = 'fooz bizz <data> 31.25 funnel </data> fuzz'
start = inputString.find(firstWord)
end = inputString.find(secondWord)
print inputString[start + len(firstWord):end]

Result:

 31.25 funnel

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Shrey · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-30 05:57:35Z

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You can use slicing concept of python here. And can be solved in one line

inputString[ ( inputString.find(firstWord) + len(firstWord) ) : inputString.find(secondWord)]

answered Jul 30, 2015 at 5:57

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Sriram Veturi · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-26 17:42:14Z

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You can use substring package by "pip install substring". This package is multi-operational and would be able to solve your problem.

answered Jun 26, 2018 at 17:42

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