PYTHON

add space before and after string python

using re adds white-space before and after the desired characters:

import re

pat = re.compile(r"([.()!])")
print (pat.sub(" 1 ", string))
# hello .  .  .   ( world )  ! 

add space before and after string python

import re

pat = re.compile(r"([.()!])")
print (pat.sub(" 1 ", string))
# hello .  .  .   ( world )  !