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Explore how lookahead and lookbehind assertions in Python regex let you match patterns by asserting what comes before or after a position in the text without consuming characters. Understand the four types of lookarounds and how to use them for accurate and context-sensitive string matching.

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Lookarounds often cause confusion to new regex learners. There are four lookarounds:

(?<= … ) and (?= … ),

(?<! … ) and (?! … )

Collectively, lookbehinds and lookaheads are known as ...