Regex string retrieval in python

Question

How to parse this regex in python?

Here I need to parse the string "Miracle workers" between "From" and "date time stamp" in the efficient way.

    s = """
      business hours. Keyword Search: Sales, Operations, Director, Medical, Medical Devices, DME, Respiratory Equipment, Sales Rep, Account Executive, Exec, Business... <br />
             From Miracle Workers - 26 Apr 2012 08:45:15 GMT
          -  View all <a href="http://www.indeed.com/l-Houston,-TX-jobs.html">Houston    jobs</a>
    """

This is the regex i am doing.I need to get the efficient regex.

    regex1 = re.findall('From\ ([A-Za-z\ ]+)\-',s)
     ['Miracle Workers ']

Extracting another string from url.

  s2 = http://www.indeed.com/job/Region-Manager-Field-Sales-at-Covidien-in-Atlanta,-GA-a1a421aabb4d54a7"
  regex2 = re.findall('-in-([A-Za-z-]+),-([A-Z]{2})',str(job.url))[0]

Here i am getting two tuples like ('Atlanta', 'GA') instead of that Need to get "Atlanta,GA"

How it supposed to do to get the results in effective way in all circumstances?

Answer 1

Using () your are grouping results, this way, findall give you a tuple. Try this regexp (without grouping):

regexp = '-in-[A-Za-z-]+,-[A-Z]{2}'