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

You could use the standard string tools, which are pretty much always more readable.

s = "start: c12354, c3456, 34526;"

s.startswith("start:") # returns a boolean if it starts with this string

s.endswith(";") # returns a boolean if it ends with this string

s[6:-1].split(', ') # will give you a list of tokens separated by the string ", "