python regular expression pattern to get digits in between_

Question

I want to find regular expression pattern to match digits between XYZ_ and first underscore.

Example want to get 2M284904C4 from below string.

 XYZ_2M284904C4_20210201_120032.xyz

I tried XYZ_.*_,but it matches XYZ_2M284904C4_20210201_

You can use `[^_]*` to match a sequence of characters that are *not* an underscore. — Scott Hunter, Feb 10 '21 at 02:00
Does this answer your question? [Regular expression to stop at first match](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2503413/regular-expression-to-stop-at-first-match) — Dima Tisnek, Feb 10 '21 at 02:04

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '21 at 02:11

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Try string.split() at the underscores, and then select the item you want from the returned list. For example,

string = 'XYZ_2M284904C4_20210201_120032.xyz'
string_list = string.split('_')
result = string_list[1]

answered Feb 10 '21 at 02:11

jWhiteside

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