What is (\d+)/(\d+) in regex?

Question

Expanding on minitech’s answer:

( start a capture group
\d a shorthand character class, which matches all numbers; it is the same as [0-9]
+ one or more of the expression
) end a capture group
/ a literal forward slash

Here is an example:

>>> import re
>>> exp = re.compile('(\d+)/(\d+)')
>>> foo = re.match(exp,'1234/5678')
>>> foo.groups()
('1234', '5678')

If you remove the brackets (), the expression will still match, but you’ll only capture one set:

>>> foo = re.match('\d+/(\d+)','1234/5678')
>>> foo.groups()
('5678',)