Question

I have a string (with multiple lines) which contains the following:

"Name=My name
Address=......
\##### To extract from here ####
line 1
line 2
line 3
\##### To extract till here ####
close"

How do I extract the lines between "##### To extract *" string including the pattern as well?

Output should be the following:

\##### To extract from here ####
line 1
line 2
line 3

Answer 1

pat = re.compile('\\\\##### To extract from here ####'
                 '.*?'
                 '(?=\\\\##### To extract till here ####)',
                 re.DOTALL)

or

pat = re.compile(r'\\##### To extract from here ####'
                 '.*?'
                 r'(?=\\##### To extract till here ####)',
                 re.DOTALL)