import  re
n = re.findall("(\d+)(\w)*(\d+)","a2b3c45")
m = re.search("(\d+)(\w)*(\d+)","a2b3c45")
print(n)
print(m)

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[(‘2’, ‘4’, ‘5’)]
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(1, 7), match=’2b3c45′>

Process finished with exit code 0