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

kevin cleary
kevin cleary
4,690 Points
Posted by kevin cleary
kevin cleary
4,690 Points

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

I'm not sure where I'm going wrong:

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)

1 Answer

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

Your regex is very close. The space between the fields needs to be outside of the parameter group:

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