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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Tim Betz
Tim Betz
15,146 Points
Posted by Tim Betz
Tim Betz
15,146 Points

Regular Expressions - named groups

Whenever I run this code it tells me it didn't find anything and there is no regex object. I don't know where I am wrong with my pattern..

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+.]+@[\w.]+)(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})", string)

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,120 Points

You still need to search for the separating comma and space, even though you're not including them in your groups:

contacts = re.search(r"(?P<email>[\w+.]+@[\w.]+), (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})", string)
                                                ^^
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Lauren Gainsbrook
Lauren Gainsbrook
12,539 Points
Lauren Gainsbrook
Lauren Gainsbrook
12,539 Points

THANK YOU!!!! I've spent way too much time trying to figure this out!

I think you would need to include the \s to indicate space (since it's not part of a list), correct?