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Dhruv Ghulati
1,582 PointsUnsure about why I can't use {count, } to find a sequence of unicode characters longer than count.
Hi - what am I doing wrong here? Please also explain why I am theoretically wrong so I can improve for next time :)
Thanks!!
import re
def find_words(count,string):
return re.findall(r'\w{count,}', string)
# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']
2 Answers
Chase Marchione
155,055 PointsHi there,
- Inside of your function, you will want to convert count to string, so that it may be evaluated as such:
count = str(count)
- Next up is a matter of using concatenation so that the count is properly considered as a variable in your return statement, which you are very close to doing. After apostrophes and concatenation are implemented accordingly:
return re.findall(r'\w{'+ count + ',}', string)
Hope this helps.
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherRegex patterns are raw strings. They don't do anything special. They especially don't just read in variables and replace parts of themselves with said variables. CJ Marchione's answer is a good one.