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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

sarvienn thevendran
sarvienn thevendran
734 Points
Posted by sarvienn thevendran
sarvienn thevendran
734 Points

Create a function named find_words that takes a count and a string. Return a list of all of the words in the string that

Is the count on my code read as a string, is that why it's not working? How do i fix this?

word_length.py 
import re

# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']

def find_words(count,string):
    cr7 = re.findall(r'\w{count,}',string)
    return cr7
Sam Frampton
Sam Frampton
3,796 Points

I have the same problem, please help.