Examines a string argument, `dump`, and Extracts all substring elements sandwiched between the given `front` and `back` criteria, and puts them in a list

undecorator.py

def undecorate(dump,front,back):
    """ dump: string containing desired substring elements
    front: string element preceding desired substring element
    back: string element following desired substring element
    """
    output = []
    while front in dump:
        start = dump.find(front) + len(front)
        end = dump.find(back, start)
        if end > 0:
            output.append(dump[start:end])
            dump = dump[end:len(dump)]
        else:
            break
    return output