Python Divide a string

Question

I have a string like this:

 <td casd2" aasdeft" class="satyle3">
    <b><a asddidasd?ct=Peasds&amp;fasdaao=Monsdar
    &amp;pID=19635"...

I need the 19635.

Someone can help me ?

Answer 1

I would use regular expressions to make a more neat solution:

>>> import re
>>> s = '<td casd2" aasdeft" class="satyle3"><b><a asddidasd?ct=Peasds&amp;fasdaao=Monsdar&amp;pID=19635"...'
>>> match = re.search(".*pID=(\d+).*",s)
>>> if match:
...   match.group(1)
... 
'19635'

Nice and simple isn't it?