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returns a substring starting with start and ending with end
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get_complete_string.py
def get_complete_string(s,start,end):
# returns a substring starting with start and ending with end
# By: Cody Kochmann
unique="~~~~the~obvious~way~to~do~it~~~~"
return(start+s.replace(start, unique).replace(end, unique).split(unique)[1]+end)
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