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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points
Posted by Chih-Wei Hsu
Chih-Wei Hsu
11,132 Points

players challenge

i can't figure out the solution to task 1 of the challenge. please help.

players = re.search(r''' (?P<first_name>[\w]+),?\t (?P<last_name>[\w]+),? (?P<score>:\s[\d]+)?$ ''', string, re.I|re.X|re.M)

1 Answer

Dario Tordoni
Dario Tordoni
9,635 Points
Dario Tordoni
Dario Tordoni
9,635 Points

Hi Chih-Wei Hsu, if you use:

?P

for creating groups, you also have to add the name of the group:

(?P < name_here > your_code_here)

Be also careful because not all the players have a single-word last-name and single-word first-name. Consider spacing between them. Colons or commas should be outside groups.

If I'm not in wrong \t is for tabs, but there are not tabs in the string; using \s instead should be the right way to handle your string. Try again editing your code

For further information, here is the official re documentation