regex101: Python Substitution Workspace

Positive Lookahead(?=\. [a-z1-9\. ]*?com/)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Character Class[a-z1-9\. ]*?

*?matches any number of characters from the set below:

a-zone character from a (97₁₀) to z (122₁₀) (case sensitive)

1-9one character from 1 (49₁₀) to 9 (57₁₀)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

com/the literal text com/ (case sensitive)

\.the literal . (46₁₀ / 56₈ / 2E₁₆)

the literal (32₁₀ / 40₈ / 20₁₆)

Global pattern flags

g modifier: global. Finds all matches instead of stopping after the first

m modifier: multiline. Causes ^ and $ to match the start and end of each line, not only the start and end of the string

Search reference

Regular Expression

(?=\. [a-z1-9\. ]*?com/)\.

New

Eastern Illinois University is one of only three universities in the United States to run its own newspaper printing press http://www. dailytexanonline. com/top-stories/student-media-board-votes-to-sell-press-1.1309992 and is one of the smallest universities in the country to have a daily newspaper. The paper was renamed Teacher's College News and Eastern State News before its current name was chosen in 1980. http://media. www. dennews. com/media/storage/paper309/news/2005/11/04/News/The-News. Turns.90-1045667. shtml Notable alumni of the newspaper include Wall Street Journal reporter Cam Simpson

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