如何根据开始和结束列表提取文本

Question

我试图基于两个单独的列表提取项目列表之间的文本。

For example 
start = ['intro','Intro','[intro','Introduction',(intro)]
end = ['P1','P2','[P1','[P2']

input:
intro
L1
L2
P1
L3
L4
[intro]
L5
L6

Expected Output:
L1
L2
L5
L6

我如何做到这一点，尝试过

text = 'I want to find a string between two substrings'
start = 'find a '
end = 'between two'

print(text[text.index(start)+len(start):text.index(end)])

我想要基于示例1的输出

Answer 1

基于第二个示例的快速而肮脏的示例：

text = 'I want to find a string between two substrings'
start = 'find a '
end = 'substrings'

s_idx = text.index(start) + len(start) if start in text else -1

e_idx = text.index(end) if end in text else -1

if s_idx > -1 and e_idx > -1:
    print(text[s_idx:e_idx])

您必须检查子字符串是否是字符串的一部分，否则str.index()抛出ValueError 。

编辑：基于第一个示例的输出：

start_list = ["work", "start", "also"]
end_list = ["of", "end", "substrings"]
text = "This can also work on a list of start and end substrings"

print("* Example with a list of start and end strings, stops on a first match")
print("- Text: {0}".format(text))
print("- Start: {0}".format(start_list))
print("- End: {0}".format(end_list))

s_idx = -1
for string in start_list:
    if string in text:
        s_idx = text.index(string) + len(string)
        # we're breaking on a first find.
        break

e_idx = -1
for string in end_list:
    if string in text:
        e_idx = text.index(string)
        # we're breaking on a first find.
        break

if e_idx > -1 and s_idx > -1:
    print(text[s_idx:e_idx])

或者，如果您甚至想进一步查找所有出现之间的所有子字符串：

print("* Example with a list of start and end strings, finds all matches")
print("- Text: {0}".format(text))
print("- Start: {0}".format(start_list))
print("- End: {0}".format(end_list))

s_idxs = []
e_idxs = []

for string in start_list:
    if string in text:
        s_idxs.append(text.index(string) + len(string))

for string in end_list:
    if string in text:
        e_idxs.append(text.index(string))


for s_idx in s_idxs:
    for e_idx in e_idxs:
        if e_idx <= s_idx:
            print("ignoring end index {0}, it's before our start at {1}!".format(e_idx, s_idx))
            # end index is lower than start index, ignoring it.
            continue

        print("{0}:{1} => {2}".format(s_idx, e_idx, text[s_idx:e_idx]))

您可以进一步“缩短”并改进此代码，这只是快速而肮脏的编写。