How to match everything within a word

Question

Sorry if the title is not clear.

More specifically, using python, I want to match I am (INSERT ANYTHING)ing like I am dancing and I am walking but not I am a student and I like dancing

If I use (?<=I am)(.*)(?=ing) this would match I am a student and I like dancing

So namely (INSERT ANYTHING)ing should be one word. Is there anyway to do this?

Answer 1

对于您要描述的内容，您不需要后面的查找，只需在“ ing”之前加一个没有空格的模式：

r"I am ([a-zA-Z]+)ing"