Python program to find start and end indices of all Words in a String

Given a String, return all the start indices and end indices of each word.

Examples:

Input : test_str = ‘ Geekforgeeks is Best’
Output : [(1, 12), (16, 17), (19, 22)]
Explanation : “Best” Starts at 19th index, and ends at 22nd index.

Input : test_str = ‘ Geekforgeeks is Best’
Output : [(1, 12), (17, 18), (20, 23)]
Explanation : “Best” Starts at 20th index, and ends at 23rd index.

Method : Using list comprehension + regex + finditer()

In this, we extract all the words using finditer() and regex, to get initial and end index, we use start() and end() and encapsulate using list comprehension in form of tuple list.

Python3

# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Word Ranges in String 
# Using list comprehension + regex + finditer() 
import re 
  
# initializing string 
test_str = ' Geekforgeeks   is Best    for  geeks'
  
# printing original string 
print("The original string is : " + str(test_str)) 
  
# regex to get words, loop to get each start and end index 
res = [(ele.start(), ele.end() - 1) for ele in re.finditer(r'\S+', test_str)] 
  
# printing result 
print("Word Ranges are : " + str(res)) 

Output

The original string is :  Geekforgeeks   is Best    for  geeks
Word Ranges are : [(1, 12), (16, 17), (19, 22), (27, 29), (32, 36)]

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