How to extract numbers from a string in Python?

Question

I would extract all the numbers contained in a string. Which is the better suited for the purpose, regular expressions or the isdigit() method?

Example:

Answer 1

The best option I found is below. It will extract a number and can eliminate any type of char.

def extract_nbr(input_str):
    if input_str is None or input_str == '':
        return 0

    out_number = ''
    for ele in input_str:
        if ele.isdigit():
            out_number += ele
    return float(out_number)