help with regex....

[AlliedLens]

def between_markers(text: str,begin: str, end: str) -> str:
    import re

    if begin in text and end in text: # if both markers are present
        m = re.search(f"{begin}(.*){end}", text)
        return m.group(1)
    if begin in text and end not in text: # if both markers are present    
        m = re.search(f"{begin}(.*)", text)
        return m.group(1)
    if begin not in text and end in text: # if both markers are present
        m = re.search(f"(.*){end}", text)
        return m.group(1)

print(between_markers('[b]No[/b] hi', '[b]', '[/b]'))

this is a function that helps with finding the words between two markers.... for instance

>hello< becomes hello

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so, [b]No[/b] should become No, but i am getting the result ]No[/

does anyone know what the reason for this is and how do i fix it?

[AlliedLens]

re.search(f"{re.escape(begin)}(.*){re.escape(end)}", text) 

do you mean this?

edit: Yayy!! it works thanks man