Python efficiently split currency sign and number in one string

Question

I have a string like \'$200,000,000\' or \'Yan300,000,000\'

I want to split the currency and number, and output a tuple (\'$\', \'200

Answer 1

>>> import re
>>> string = 'YAN300,000,000'
>>> match = re.search(r'([\D]+)([\d,]+)', string)
>>> output = (match.group(1), match.group(2).replace(',',''))
>>> output
('YAN', '300000000')

(Thanks to zhangyangyu for pointing out I hadn't fully answered the question)