import re
regex = re.compile(r"(\S+?),(?=\S+)", flags=re.MULTILINE)
test_str = ("SELECT\n"
" di.QuestionSetID AS SectionID, \n"
" di.QuestionSetID AS SectionID2\n"
",di.ScoreNBR AS Section,LowestTopBoxNBR\n"
",di.AveragePercentileNBR AS SectionTopBoxPercentileRankNBR \n"
",qdate.Quarter,StartDTS AS Section,StartDTS \n"
"FROM NRCPicker.PatientSatisfaction.DimensionPercentile AS di\n"
"INNER JOIN (")
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