Python - using regex to search for a string then append each match to a new list

I am currently trying to extract some data from a file which has this kind of format:

#12 = ADVANCED_FACE ( 'NONE', ( #194 ), #326, .F. ) ;
...
#159 = EDGE_LOOP ( 'NONE', ( #21, #124, #264, #145 ) ) ;
...
#194 = FACE_OUTER_BOUND ( 'NONE', #159, .T. ) ;
...
#326 = PLANE ( 'NONE',  #352 ) ;

The following is the method I am currently using:

faces_txt = re.findall(r'#(\d+) = ADVANCED_FACE.*;', text)

    faces = [int(face) for face in faces_txt]
    print('Face IDs = ', faces)

Which outputs:

Face IDs =  [12, 73, 99, 131, 181, 214, 244, 273, 330, 358]

What would I do if I wanted to create a new list (named sequentially like "Face1, Face2, Face3...") for each match of the "ADVANCED_FACE" rather than appending all of these values to the same list?

Solution

Without having more details on exact output you want and maybe some more input, it sounds like you want a list of lists or a dictionary of lists.

faces_txt = re.findall(r'#(\d+) = ADVANCED_FACE.*;', text)
faces = [int(face) for face in faces_txt]

print('Face IDs = ', faces)

LoL = []
DoL = {}
for i, faceId in enumerate(faces):
    LoL.append([faceId])
    DoL.update({"Face{}".format(i): [faceId]})

print(LoL)
print(DoL)

print(DoL['Face0'])