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Regex positive lookbehind to capture string after prefix (Python)
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lookbehind.py
import regex
url = 'https://gfycat.com/HeftyHonoredHadrosaurus'
prefix = 'https://gfycat.com/'
# https://gfycat.com/HeftyHonoredHadrosaurus to HeftyHonoredHadrosaurus
slug = regex.search(rf'(?<={prefix})\w+', url).group()
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