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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions The Basics

Posted by Kudzanai Leroy Mapika
Kudzanai Leroy Mapika
3,912 Points

Import re. Create an re.match() for the word "Four" in the data variable. Assign this to a new variable named first.

  1. import re
  2. file_object = open("basics.txt")
  3. data = file_object.read()
  4. file_object.close()
  5. first = r 'Four'
  6. print(re.match(first))
basics.py 
import re
file_object = open("basics.txt")
data = file_object.read()
file_object.close()
first = r'Four'
print(re.match(first, data))

1 Answer

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

You are very close. The variable four should be assigned the results of the re.match:

first = re.match(r'Four', data)

The last Task has a similar solution with a different variable and a different string value.

Post back if you need more help. Good Luck!