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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Posted by Edward Torres
Edward Torres
6,158 Points

Don't know what is wrong

don't know what I am missing

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''' #<-- Wrap in multiline quote. Remove leading caret (^)
    (?P<email>[-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.]+) 
     ,\s
     (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})'''
     , string, re.X | re.M)

twitters = re.search(r''' (?P<twiiter>@[\w\d]+)?$ ''', string, re.X | re.M)

1 Answer

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

With the question mark after your twitter group you're marking everything except the space as optional. Get rid of that and you'll stop getting the extra match.