Find Numbers In Text Development Tutorials, Guides & Insights

Let's first create a pattern that matches both positive and negative integers, with an optional + or - sign.

import re

# Pattern to match integers with optional sign
pattern = r"[+-]?\d+"

# Example text containing integers
text = "The numbers are +42, -17, and 100."

matches = re.findall(pattern, text)
print(matches)  # Output: ['+42', '-17', '100']