findall is great. Thank you. :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Chris Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: tutor@python.org > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:10:43 AM > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Simple reg-ex syntax? > > > How I would improve this: > > compile the regular expression. This is more efficient. > self.digit_extractor = re.compile('(\d+)') > > then, use the findall method: > self.allNumbers = self.digit_extractor.findall(self.aString) > which will even work with multiline strings, but doesn't convert to integers. > > To convert, use a list comprehension: > self.allNumbers = [int(i) for i in self.digit_extractor.findall(self.aString)] > > Cheers > > On Wednesday 12 March 2008 21:59, Allen Fowler wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have code that looks something like: > > > > self.aString = "abc123xyz" > > self.theNumber = int(re.search('(\d+)',self.aString).group()) > > > > Is there a more Pythonic way of doing this? (Both the reg-ex and the Int > > coercion.) How about when I will need to extract more than one substring? > > > > Thank you, > > > > :) > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > >_________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >
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