Say : line = abcdabcd#12 adssda
index = line.find('#') num = line[index:index+2] num will now be 12. Likewise I want to read the number after the '#' and store it in num. The problem is that the number can be a 1/2/3/4 digit number. So is there a way in which I can define num so that it contains the number after '#' irrespective of how many digits the number is. Because the problem is that the above code will not work for scenarios when the number is not 2 digits.. Thanks, Pratik
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