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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points
Posted by Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points

code error

Please what is wrong with my code?

emails.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth, kenneth+challenge@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5555, @kennethlove
Chalkley, Andrew, andrew@teamtreehouse.co.uk, 555-555-5556, @chalkers
McFarland, Dave, dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5557, @davemcfarland
Kesten, Joy, joy@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5558, @joykesten'''
contacts = re.search(r'''
^(?P<email>[\w.+]*@[\w.]*)\t?
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})$''', string, re.X|re.M)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

I found 5 errors

  • remove leading '^'. Using this will only match beginning of line. Failed due to user name
  • change both "" to "+". Using "" means 0 or more. This might give false positive
  • add missing comma. Need to "consume" the comma between email and phone number
  • change \t to \s. The whitespace between the fields is a space not a tab
  • remove trailing "$". Using this will only match end of line. Failed due to twitter field.
contacts = re.search(r'''
(?P<email>[\w.+]+@[\w.]+),\s? # <-- remove leading '^', change both  "*" to "+", add missing comma, and change \t to \s.
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})''', string, re.X|re.M) # <-- remove trailing "$"
Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points
Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points

I tried it this way and it's still not working. The return is none

Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points
Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points

Sorry Chris It DID work!