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Python 3.4.3 (default, Oct 14 2015, 20:28:29)
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In [1]: import re
In [2]: txt = '''Why should you learn to write programs? 7746
...: 12 1929 8827
...: Writing programs (or programming) is a very creative
...: 7 and rewarding activity. You can write programs for
...: many reasons, ranging from making your living to solving
...: 8837 a difficult data analysis problem to having fun to helping 128
...: someone else solve a problem. This book assumes that
...: everyone needs to know how to program ...'''
In [3]: re.fin
re.findall re.finditer
In [3]: help(re.findall)
In [4]: re.findall(r'\d+', txt)
Out[4]: ['7746', '12', '1929', '8827', '7', '8837', '128']
In [5]: result_list = re.findall(r'\d+', txt)
In [6]: num_list = [int(num) for num in result_list]
In [7]: num_list
Out[7]: [7746, 12, 1929, 8827, 7, 8837, 128]
In [8]: sum(num_list)
Out[8]: 27486
In [9]: