"cat Tom 123 and mouse Jerry 456"，如这个字符串，我们想用通配符找出Tom和Jerry

import re
text = "cat Tom 123 and mouse Jerry 456"
matches = re.findall("(?:cat |mouse )(.*?)(?: 123| 456)", text)
print(matches)  # ['Tom', 'Jerry']

归功于：(?:...)是一个非捕获组，不会保存下来