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

SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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Create a variable named players that is an re.search() or re.match() to capture three groups: last_name, first_name, and

I don't know where i am doing wrong... can some one help me ?. Thank you...

players.py 
import re

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

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

7 Answers

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

This will work

Brendon Van der nest
Brendon Van der nest
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Brendon Van der nest
Brendon Van der nest
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So. This is what my solution looks like ,but still no luck in workspaces.

import re

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

players = re.search(r'''
    (?P<last_name>[\w\s\w]+),
    (?P<first_name>\s[\w\s*\w]+):
    (?P<score>\s[\d]+)
''', string, re.X | re.M)

But on my local machine it seem to be working fine. I have no clue. Chris Freeman if I could ask for your help please. MUCH! apricated .

<re.Match object; span=(0, 17), match='Love, Kenneth: 20'>
Devin Hight
Devin Hight
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Same for me . in my text editor it seems to be working just fine. But I can't seem to get it to work well in the workspace

Ayman Omer
Ayman Omer
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Ayman Omer
Ayman Omer
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players = re.search(r''' ^(?P<last_name>[-\w\s*\w*]+), \s(?P<first_name>[-\w\s*\w]+): \s(?P<score>[\d]+)$ ''',string, re.X | re.M)
karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
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karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
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players = re.search(r'''
                   (?P<last_name>[-\w\s*\w*]+),
                   \s(?P<first_name>[-\w\s*\w]+): 
                   (?P<score>\s[\d]+)' # remove this single quote
                   ''', string, re.X | re.M)

Just remove the unnecessary single quote and, remember, if you need to use one, it needs to be escaped with a "\" as it also can denote the end of a multi-line string.

SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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Thank You. Even after removed the comment , still i am unable to get the desired result. re.search(r''' (?P<last_name>[-\w\s*\w*]+), (?P<first_name>\s[-\w\s*\w]+): (?P<score>\s[\d]+) ''', string, re.X | re.M)

karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
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karis hutcheson
karis hutcheson
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players = re.search(r''' (?P<name1>[-\w\s\w]+), (?P<name2>\s[-\w\s*\w]+): (?P<name3>\s[\d]+) ''', string, re.X | re.M)

This works for me. It looks like you removed your name specifiers from the regex. When you type ?P at the beginning of the group, Python looks for a name directly after enclosed in <>. Failing to give this name after using ?P will raise an error. Just replace name1, name2, and name3 with your group names or leave out the ?P<name> tag altogether.

SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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Thank you very much for your description. But still there is something issue in my code. i did same thing as you explained.

 players = re.search(r'''
         (?P<last_name>[-\w\s\w]+),
         (?P<first_name>\s[-\w\s*\w]+):
         (?P<score>\s[\d]+)
         ''', string, re.X | re.M)
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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players = re.search(r''' (?P<last_name>[-\w\s*\w*]+), (?P<first_name>\s[-\w\s*\w]+): (?P<score>\s[\d]+) ''', string, re.X | re.M)

unable to trace where am i doing wrong ?.

SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
SUDHARSAN CHAKRAVARTHI
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somebody can help me to move ahead for the below challenge:

players = re.search(r''' (?P<last_name>[\w\s*\w*]+), (?P<first_name>\s[\w\s*\w*]+): (?P<score>\s[\d]+) ''', string, re.M)