Regex help needed!

[Johann Spies]

> Oltmans wrote:
> >I've a string that looks something like
> >----
> >lksjdfls <div id ='amazon_345343'> kdjff lsdfs </div> sdjfls <div id
> >=   "amazon_35343433">sdfsd</div><div id='amazon_8898'>welcome</div>
> >----
> >
> >>From above string I need the digits within the ID attribute. For
> >example, required output from above string is
> >- 35343433
> >- 345343
> >- 8898
> >

Your string is in /tmp/y in this example:

$ grep -o [0-9]+ /tmp/y
345343
35343433
8898

Much simpler, isn't it?  But that is not python.

Regards
Johann

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