[Python] How to use match case for list with a specific element in an arbitrary index?

I am making a simple math interpreter in python. The program converts the math string to a list of numbers and operations which is then evaluated using match case.

I want to do something like this:

c = ['12', '-', '24', '/', '6', '+', '7']
match c:
case [*before_div, '/', *after_div]:
...


The other option would be matching against the general case and trying to find this character to split the list at its index. Like this:

match c:
case [*_]:
try:
i = c.index("/")
before_div, after_div = c[:i], c[i+1:]
...
except ValueError:
pass


But this could end the matching without successfully processing anything.

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