title: (Python3) Is there something similar to scanf in Python?
body: <p>I know there's <code>input()</code> which stores the entire input into a variable and I can just use regex from it, but what I want is a quick function that look for a <em>specific pattern</em> in the input, match it and store it into a variable.</p>
  
  <p>For example, in C to store just the day,month and year from an input:</p>
  
  <pre><code>printf("Type your birthday (dd/mm/yyyy):\n")
  scanf("%d/%d/%d", &amp;d,&amp;m,&amp;y)    // &lt;---
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there something equivalent in Python? </p>