How to extract number from a list of string to be in a new column with python?

Question

I have this file name as follows:

8550 - Field Data Progress_070720.xlsx

and I need to get the 8550 only to be in a new column.

How can I do this with python?

Thankyou

Answer 1

As I can get the string from my filename, so I need to:

filename = os.path.basename(xls)

then from the filename , I want to extract 8550 only to appear in a new column.

I was thinking to use split.str , but I did not get the exact script to extract only

Thanks