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

Lewis Turner
Lewis Turner
10,930 Points
Posted by Lewis Turner
Lewis Turner
10,930 Points

Create a class named Player with three attributes, last_name, first_name, and score. Set them through __init__.

I cant figure out what Im doing wrong :(

Error is as follows...

Wasn't able to create correct instances. Got {'last_name': {'last_name': 'Love', 'first_name': 'Kenneth', 'score': '20'}, 'score': {'last_name': 'Love', 'first_name': 'Kenneth', 'score': '20'}, 'first_name': {'last_name': 'Love', 'first_name': 'Kenneth', 'score': '20'}}.

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

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

2 Answers

John Lindsey
John Lindsey
15,641 Points
John Lindsey
John Lindsey
15,641 Points

You just need to set the attributes equal to the arguments. This should work:

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

class Player:
  def __init__(self, last_name, first_name, score):
    self.last_name = last_name    #changed
    self.first_name = first_name    #changed
    self.score = score    #changed
Lynn Collins
Lynn Collins
10,080 Points
Lynn Collins
Lynn Collins
10,080 Points

I think they want to make us all feel stupid