Parsing from format in Python
<p>Is there any way in Python to reverse the formating operation done through the "%" operator ?</p>

<pre><code>formated = "%d ooo%s" % (12, "ps")
#formated is now '12 ooops'
(arg1, arg2) = theFunctionImSeeking("12 ooops", "%d ooo%s")
#arg1 is 12 and arg2 is "ps"
</code></pre>

<p><strong>EDIT</strong> Regexp can be a solution for that but they are harder to write and I suspect them to be slower since they can handle more complex structures. I would really like an equivalent to sscanf.</p>
