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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Thananjaya Chakravarthy
Thananjaya Chakravarthy
4,672 Points
Posted by Thananjaya Chakravarthy
Thananjaya Chakravarthy
4,672 Points

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

I thought this code will work. But, it is not. Can anyone explain the code and help me with an explanation

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.]+)
    (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})
''',string,re.X|re.M) 

print(contacts)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

You are very close!! You need to add the comma and space after the first group: ",\s" (without quotes, of course)