Python: Find all five characters long word in a string

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33. Find 5-letter Words

Write a Python program to find all five-character words in a string.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

import re
text = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.'
print(re.findall(r"\b\w{5}\b", text))

Sample Output:

['quick', 'brown', 'jumps']

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