#!C:\Python36\python.exe # -*- coding:utf-8 -*- import re mystr = """<span class=\"search_yx_tj\"> 共<em>7287</em>个职位满足条件 </span>""" myre = "<em>(\d+)</em>" regex = re.compile(myre, re.I) mylist = regex.findall(mystr) print mylist[0]