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Posted by jazmin
jazmin
11,108 Points

Could someone please explain more clearly why the first attempts returned "None"?

I am new to re and am having trouble catching his meaning when he says things like, "This is a word character. It's too bad it matches that instead of actually words." I'm not sure what "that" is referring too or when \d would work.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

Can you post a link to the video?

1 Answer

Brian Chalfant
Brian Chalfant
8,720 Points
Brian Chalfant
Brian Chalfant
8,720 Points

I'm taking a guess that you're referring to the 'escape hatches' video in the Regular Expressions in python course. Regular expressions can be a bit tricky, but allow a way to search for patterns within text. the word character he is referring to is '/w' it doesn't actually match words, it matches with unicode characters. at the beginning of that video he goes over most of the different characters and what they match, so maybe try rewatching that part. if that doesn't work try out regexr.com/ an re playground. Hope this helps!

-Brian