how to extract a multiple substring from inside a string in Python?

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I refer to the question how to extract a substring from inside a string in Python? and have further question.

What if my string is something like:

gfgfdAAA1234ZZZsddgAAA4567ZZZuijjk

I want to extract 1234 and 4567, is it stored as a list?

Use re.findall: re.findall('AAA(.+?)ZZZ', text)

Ashwini Chaudhary
– Ashwini Chaudhary

2014-02-11 09:22:05 +00:00
Commented Feb 11, 2014 at 9:22 — Ashwini Chaudhary
– Ashwini Chaudhary, Commented Feb 11, 2014 at 9:22

markcial · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-11 09:22:02Z

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import re
re.findall('\d+','gfgfdAAA1234ZZZsddgAAA4567ZZZuijjk')
['1234', '4567']

answered Feb 11, 2014 at 9:22

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Slater Victoroff · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-11 09:22:11Z

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Let me know if I'm not understanding you correctly, but you can certainly extract these substrings as a list, though you do it slightly differently:

>>> import re
>>> text = 'gfgfdAAA1234ZZZsddgAAA4567ZZZuijjk'
>>> re.findall(r'[0-9]{4}', text)
['1234', '4567']

answered Feb 11, 2014 at 9:22

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