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extract GAO report ID's from text and return as a list
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extract_gao_id.py
import re
#extract GAO report ID's from text and return as a list
def extract_gao_id(haystack):
p = re.compile('GAO-\d{2}-?\d{1,4}\w?')
needle_list = p.findall(haystack)
return needle_list
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