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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Posted by Wadee Sami
Wadee Sami
3,592 Points

I keep getting no match

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

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

1 Answer

Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points
Myers Carpenter
Myers Carpenter
6,421 Points

Debugging regex's is so much fun... NOT

You are using re.match and the directions say to use re.search. re.match will only find things at the beginning of the string.

If you are having problems with matching both the phone and email, try just the email and see if you can make that work.