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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions The Basics

Hannah Trewern
Hannah Trewern
13,429 Points
Posted by Hannah Trewern
Hannah Trewern
13,429 Points

basics.py Task 4 of 5

I cant see my mistake here??

basics.py 
import re

file_object = open('basics.txt', "encoding = utf-8")

data = file_object.read()

file_object.close()

first = re.match(r'Four', data)

3 Answers

luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points
luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points

remove the Encoding pram. at it works

file_object = open('basics.txt')
Cross Ender
Cross Ender
9,567 Points
Cross Ender
Cross Ender
9,567 Points

You also can use the "with" keyword to save a line of code. It looks like this: with open("basics.txt") as file_object: data = file_object.read()