import re
regex = re.compile(r"(January|February|March|April|May|June|July|August|September|October|November|December|[\d ]+)|.")
test_str = ("1 circa February 1950\n"
" testing July August Septiembre Octubre 7 8 9 10 10b ... 101\n"
"(c. 1929)")
subst = "$1"
result = regex.sub(subst, test_str)
if result:
print(result)
Please keep in mind that these code samples are automatically generated and are not guaranteed to work. If you find any syntax errors, feel free to submit a bug report. For a full regex reference for Python, please visit: https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html