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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Nishchay Pagarani
Nishchay Pagarani
4,601 Points

Create a new variable named contacts that is an re.search() where the pattern catches the email address and phone number

Not sure whats wrong getting Didnt get a regex search object

emails.py
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth, kenneth+challenge@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5555, @kennethlove
Chalkley, Andrew, andrew@teamtreehouse.co.uk, 555-555-5556, @chalkers
McFarland, Dave, dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5557, @davemcfarland
Kesten, Joy, joy@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5558, @joykesten'''

contacts= re.search(r"""
    (?P<email>[\w\d+.]@[\w\d.]),\s
    (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{3})
""",string,re.X)

2 Answers

Nishchay Pagarani
Nishchay Pagarani
4,601 Points

I also added a plus sign after the sets then got Didn't get the right content in your groups. Email: "kenneth+challenge@teamtreehouse.com", Phone: "555-555-555". which should be the answer as asked in the question

Nishchay Pagarani
Nishchay Pagarani
4,601 Points

Got it sorry for the troubles was doing a search for 3 integers needed one four