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df
Out[17]: 
0       (a)[b]<c>
1    (aa)[bb]<cc>
2       (e)[f]<g>
dtype: object

i need to extract string between the special characters.

df.str.findall(r'[^[]*\[([^]]*)\]')
Out[16]: 
0     [b]
1    [bb]
2     [f]
dtype: object

Using this, I am able to get string between [], but I am not able to extract text between (),<> Please help me with this. I need output to be like:

0    (a)    [b]   <c>
1    (aa)   [bb]  <cc>
2    (e)    [f]   <g>
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df.apply(lambda x: ' '.join(re.findall('(?<=[\W])[a-z]+(?=[\W])',x)))

Output

0       a b c
1    aa bb cc
2       e f g

OR

df.apply(lambda x: ' '.join(re.findall('[\W][a-z]+[\W]',x)))

Output

0       (a) [b] <c>
1    (aa) [bb] <cc>
2       (e) [f] <g>
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