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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

Posted by David Wright
David Wright
4,437 Points

Having trouble with this challenge. Could someone show me their work or strategy?

Thank you for any help!

word_length.py 
import re

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

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

The top answer in this thread shows three different possible solutions to this challenge:

https://teamtreehouse.com/community/create-a-function-named-findwords-that-takes-a-count-and-a-string

Personally I like the second solution best.