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import re

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s_nums = 'one1two22three333four'

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print(re.split('\d+', s_nums))


['one', 'two', 'three', 'four']

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print(re.split('\d+', s_nums, 2))


['one', 'two', 'three333four']

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s_marks = 'one-two+three#four'

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print(re.split('[-+#]', s_marks))


['one', 'two', 'three', 'four']

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s_strs = 'oneXXXtwoYYYthreeZZZfour'

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print(re.split('XXX|YYY|ZZZ', s_strs))


['one', 'two', 'three', 'four']