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

Zeus Intuivo
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Zeus Intuivo
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Posted by Zeus Intuivo
Zeus Intuivo
Courses Plus Student 16,143 Points

Bummer! __init__() missing 1 required positional argument: 'string'

I am having a hard time trying to solve this challenge.

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<last_name>[-\w ]+), (?P<first_name>[-\w ]+):\s(?P<score>[\d]+)',string, re.M)

class Player:
    def __init__(self, last_name, first_name, score, string):
        regex_string = r'(?P<'+ last_name + '>[-\w ]+), (?P<' + first_name + '>[-\w ]+):\s(?P<' + score + '>[\d]+)'
        return re.search(regex_string, string, re.M)

2 Answers

Jason Anello
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Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Zeus,

I think you're trying to do too much for your __init__ method. That method only needs to set the last_name, first_name, and score attributes for a Player object. It should not accept that last string argument.

I'm not sure if those attributes need to have default values but I was able to pass with this:

class Player:
  def __init__(self, last_name, first_name, score):
    self.last_name = last_name
    self.first_name = first_name
    self.score = score