title: Extract information from a list inside a unicode string
body: <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; myUnicode 
  [u'[X: $1.11] [Y: $3.33] [Z 0/1000]']
  </code></pre>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>I have a Unicode string containing the above ^. I am attempting to extract the following lists:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[X: $1.11] 
  [Y: $3.33]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And have them stored under separate variables.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><em>My Attempt</em></p>
  
  <p>My idea was to convert <code>myUnicode</code> into a list and get the values individually. I'm aware that this is a poor attempt but unfortunately I'm unable to think of an alternative method:</p>
  
  <pre><code>myUnicode = [myUnicode]
  X = myUnicode[0]
  Y = myUnicode[1]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>IndexError: list index out of range
  </code></pre>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><em>My Ideal/Expected Output</em></p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; X
  X: $1.11
  
  &gt;&gt;&gt; Y
  Y: $3.33
  </code></pre>