python regex for repeating string

Question

I am wanting to verify and then parse this string (in quotes):

string = \"start: c12354, c3456, 34526; other stuff that I don\'t care about\"
//Note that som         


        

Answer 1

import re

sstr = re.compile(r'start:([^;]*);')
slst = re.compile(r'(?:c?)(\d+)')

mystr = "start: c12354, c3456, 34526; other stuff that I don't care about"
match = re.match(sstr, mystr)
if match:
    res = re.findall(slst, match.group(0))

results in

['12354', '3456', '34526']