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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions The Basics

Amresh Venugopal
Amresh Venugopal
2,307 Points
Posted by Amresh Venugopal
Amresh Venugopal
2,307 Points

create a regex

I have done everything as the question says and followed the video. I think I am missing something really small.

basics.py 
import re

file_object = open("basics.txt")
data =file_object.read()
file_object.close()

first = r'Four'
re.match(first, data)

2 Answers

William Li
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William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points
William Li
William Li
Courses Plus Student 26,868 Points

Hi, your code didn't pass the grader because the first variable doesn't contain the right value; you should write the solution of this step in one line.

first = re.match(r'Four', data)

Or if you really wanna do it in two line, here's how

regex = r'Four'
first = re.match(regex, data)   # assign the re.match result to variable first

Hope it helps

Amresh Venugopal
Amresh Venugopal
2,307 Points
Amresh Venugopal
Amresh Venugopal
2,307 Points

oh so I misunderstood the question >:( Thanks for the quick help :)