(Python3) Is there something similar to scanf in Python?

Asked Nov 28 '16 at 05:58

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I know there's input() which stores the entire input into a variable and I can just use regex from it, but what I want is a quick function that look for a specific pattern in the input, match it and store it into a variable.

For example, in C to store just the day,month and year from an input:

printf("Type your birthday (dd/mm/yyyy):\n")
scanf("%d/%d/%d", &d,&m,&y)    // <---

Is there something equivalent in Python?

asked Nov 28 '16 at 05:58

tadm123

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Umm. https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#simulating-scanf – OneCricketeer Nov 28 '16 at 06:01
I see, so it doesn't exist... Thanks. – tadm123 Nov 28 '16 at 06:02
Yup. [Also in the FAQ](https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html?highlight=scanf#is-there-a-scanf-or-sscanf-equivalent) – OneCricketeer Nov 28 '16 at 06:03
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Possible duplicate of [sscanf in Python](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2175080/sscanf-in-python) – Bas Swinckels Nov 28 '16 at 06:46

(Python3) Is there something similar to scanf in Python?

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