how to not use regex in python code example

Example 1: python replace regex

import re
s = "Example String"
replaced = re.sub('[ES]', 'a', s)
print replaced 
# will print 'axample atring'

Example 2: re python3

import re
>>> m = re.search('(?<=abc)def', 'abcdef')
>>> m.group(0)
'def'

Example 3: python re

parse("Today is Dec 1 16", fuzzy_with_tokens=True)
 
parse("Today is Dec 1 14", fuzzy_with_tokens=True)
 
parse("Today is Nov 30 12", fuzzy_with_tokens=True)