Match text between two strings with regular expression
Question: I would like to use a regular expression that matches any text between two
strings:

    
    
    Part 1. Part 2. Part 3 then more text
    

In this example, I would like to search for "Part 1" and "Part 3" and then get
everything in between which would be: ". Part 2. "

I'm using Python 2x.


Answer: Use `re.search`

    
    
    >>> import re
    >>> s = 'Part 1. Part 2. Part 3 then more text'
    >>> re.search(r'Part 1\.(.*?)Part 3', s).group(1)
    ' Part 2. '
    >>> re.search(r'Part 1(.*?)Part 3', s).group(1)
    '. Part 2. '
    

Or use `re.findall`, if there are more than one occurances.

