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Created June 3, 2020 23:05
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mask_reddit_username.py
import re
raw_comment = "I hate u/oaguy1 and u/example123"
reddit_rx = re.compile(r"\b/?u/[\w-]{3,20}\b")
#returns "I hate USERNAME and USERNAME"
masked_comment = re.sub(reddit_rx, lambda x: "USERNAME", raw_comment)
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