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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

mykolash
mykolash
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Posted by mykolash
mykolash
12,955 Points

Cannot get into regexp for Python last challenge task

Cannot understand what is being asked from me here - not how2do, but what2do:

Task 2

Wow! OK, now, create a class named Player that has those same three attributes, last_name, first_name, and score. I should be able to set them through init.

Can smbd explain it in other words, pls? Looking forward for smbd's help and thanx anyway?

PS: It's the last task for my Treehouse Python RegExp study - success was that close... but I've stuct :-(

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.match(r'''
    (?P<last_name>^[-\w ]*)
    ([,])
    ([\s])
    (?P<first_name>[-\w ]+)
    ([:])
    ([\s])
    (?P<score>\d{2}$)
''', string, re.X|re.M)

# While trying to solve the issue initialized this class with dict{<last_name>, <first_name>, <score>}.
# But still have no any idea what does it want from me :-(

p_dict = players.groupdict()

class Player:
    self.last_name
    self.first_name
    self.score
    def __init__(self, p_dict):
        self.last_name = p_dict['last_name']
        self.first_name = p_dict['first_name']
        self.score = p_dict['score']

p = Player(p_dict)
print('class:')
print('p.first_name:', p.first_name)
print('p.last_name:', p.last_name)
print('p.score:', p.score)