zed · December 29, 2015 05:29
diff --git a/english-words-three-letter-in-a-row.py b/english-words-three-letter-in-a-row.py
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 """Print words containing the same letter at least three times in a row.

 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20170022/elongated-word-check-in-sentence
 """
 import re

 words = open('/usr/share/dict/words')
 #NOTE: support only ascii letters
 elongated = re.compile(r'(?i)([a-z])\1{2,}').search
 print("".join(filter(elongated, words)))
	#!/usr/bin/env python
	"""Print words containing the same letter at least three times in a row.

	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20170022/elongated-word-check-in-sentence
	"""
	import re

	words = open('/usr/share/dict/words')
	#NOTE: support only ascii letters
	elongated = re.compile(r'(?i)([a-z])\1{2,}').search
	print("".join(filter(elongated, words)))
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