String Regex problem

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> Since I am very poor in regex, can someone show me how to do it using
    >> a few examples?

    Don> http://www.amk.ca/python/howto/regex/
    ...
    Don> http://kodos.sourceforge.net

If you're a Mac Python person there's also Dinu Gherman's excellent
RegexPlor:

    http://starship.python.net/crew/gherman/RegexPlor.html

Even if you're not, it's worth popping over there to watch the MPEG clip of
RegexPlor in action.

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