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kacperwikiel
15,795 PointsCorrect regex named groups
Sometime i have a regex match but if i try to make two named there will be some problems hard to debug in Treehouse enviroment.
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]+@[\w]+.[\w]+) (?P<phone>[\d]+-[\d]+-[\d]+)',string)
1 Answer
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 PointsI remember I answered a similar question yesterday; so I copied some of the content over here.
You also need to consider the comma and space in between email and phone number.
The problem description says that
The comma and spaces * should not* be part of the groups.
but that doesn't mean they aren't part of the regular expression; you still need to match against them, but outside of the group.
contacts = re.search(r'(?P<email>[\w]+?[+]?[\w]+@[\w]+.[\w]+).\s+(?P<phone>[\d]+-[\d]+-[\d]+)',string)