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

Posted by kacperwikiel
kacperwikiel
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Regex return None

I checked my solution with ipython and it seems not working.

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.search(r'(?P<first_name>^[\w]+),  (?P<last_name>[\w]+) (?P<score>[\d]+)', string, re.MULTILINE)

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Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
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Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
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One of those names has multiple words in each name part. Your pattern doesn't allow for that.