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Simple usage of python with regex and backreference
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basic_python_regex.py
#/bin/python
# sample of python regex with non-greedy(?) and back-reference(\1).
import re
pattern = re.compile(r'paymentContractId=(.*?)">\1');
for i, line in enumerate(open('vbs-charged-backfill-orders.preprocessed')):
for match in re.finditer(pattern, line):
print match.group(1)
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