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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

Posted by Harshit Aggarwal
Harshit Aggarwal
2,979 Points

Create a function named find_words that takes a count and a string. Return a list of all of the words in the string that

it is reading i as a character . what is its solution

word_length.py 
import re

# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']
def find_words(i,s):
    return re.findall(r"\w{i}",s)

1 Answer

Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 15,705 Points

You're very close. You just need to make a couple adjustments.

def find_words(count, string):
    return re.findall(r'\w{'+ str(count) + ',}', string)