group_string() is your friend. [terrible devster alias]

> alias devstereffectrange => ashq for i from     group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][1].to_int() to     group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][2].to_int(){     visit_url("[redacting devvy url because why not]"+i);} print("yep,     got effects "+group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][1]+" through     "+group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][2]);

String     successfully aliased.
devstereffectrange => ashq for i from     group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][1].to_int() to     group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][2].to_int(){     visit_url("[redacting devvy url because why not]"+i);} print("yep,     got effects "+group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][1]+" through     "+group_string($string[%%], "(\\d+)\\s(\\d+)")[0][2]);

>     devstereffectrange 2000 2002

yep, got effects 2000 through     2002