Python: Find all words which are at least 4 characters long in a string

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35. Words 4+ Letters

Write a Python program to find all words that are at least 4 characters long 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{4,}\b", text))

Sample Output:

['quick', 'brown', 'jumps', 'over', 'lazy'] 

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