fastest way to record values between quotes

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Can't you match more directly?

>>> import re
>>> 
>>> line1 = '"tel 555-669", "duration 6", "number 2.", "Price 3.58"'
>>> r = re.search(r"(Price)\s(\d.\d+)", line1)
>>> d = r.groups()
>>> d
('Price', '3.58')
>>> d = dict([d])
>>> d
{'Price': '3.58'}
>>> d['Price']
'3.58'
>>> float(d['Price'])
3.58

Did also match Price so could make a dictionary.

Then I inserted a couple of lines to force a delay.

Can use timeit that is made for measure execution of small code snippets.