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Start your free trialHarshit Aggarwal
2,979 Pointsregular expressions
getting none as output in the shell...what could be the possible solution
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+.]+@[\w. ,]+, )\t
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})$
''',string,re.X)
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,248 PointsThere are a few issues in your regex:
- Your regex is bound to the limits of the string (^,$) but the strings are adjacent in the sample
- You regex must account for the other fields (lastname, firstname, alias) even if they are not being captured
- The separator characters (comma, space) should not be inside the captured fields.