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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Posted by Innocent Ngwaru
Innocent Ngwaru
7,554 Points

email groups task 1 in re

I seem not to figure out what is wrong with my code. Please help

contacts = re.search(r""" ^(P<email>[-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.+]+) ,\s (P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})? """, string, re.X|re.M)

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"""
^(P<email>[-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.+]+)
,\s
(P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})?
""", string, re.X|re.M)

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Innocent, close. Try this instead.

contacts = re.search(r'''
  (?P<email>[-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.]+),\s
  (?P<phone>\(?\d{3}\)?-?\s?\d{3}-\d{4})?
  ''',string, re.X|re.M)