#!/usr/bin/python # coding: iso-8859-1 import re longString = "orem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum." def firstSpace(source): #function returns first space after 15 characters in source spaces = [m.start() for m in re.finditer(" ", source)] return min(x for x in spaces if x > 20) def returnSearchResult(substring, source): #returns a few characters before the search and a few characters after the search occurences = [m.start() for m in re.finditer(substring, source)] result = [] for occurence in occurences: left = (source[:occurence])[::-1] # reversed string until occurence right = source[occurence:] # string after occurence first_spaces = [firstSpace(left), firstSpace(right)] left_text, right_text = left[:first_spaces[0]], right[:(first_spaces[0]-1)] left_text = left_text[::-1] #reverses string back to normal result.append("{0} {1}".format(left_text, right_text)) #adds this to list of search results return result if __name__ == "__main__": substring = str(input("Input substring: ")) result = returnSearchResult(substring, longString) print(result) #not done: proper error handling for firstSpace (no min) #space recognition still has bugs