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

Posted by Jirka Michalik
Jirka Michalik
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Create a variable named players that is an re.search() or re.match() to capture three groups: last_name, first_name, and

Ohh can you help me, please? I am totally lost with this challenge.

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''


players = re.compile(r''' ^(?P<last_name>[\w\s]+),\s (?P<first_name>[\w]+): (?P<score>\s[\d]+) ''', re.X|re.M)

1 Answer

James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
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James J. McCombie
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 21,199 Points

Hello,

This passed for me:

import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

regex = re.compile(r'^(?P<last_name>[a-zA-Z\s]+),\s(?P<first_name>[a-zA-Z\s]+):\s(?P<score>[0-9]+)$', re.MULTILINE)
players = re.search(regex, string)

I have to admit, I really struggle with RegEx's, It's hard to see why something works and something similar does not!