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Fineen Davis
1,281 Pointsdata variable appears to not contain the right information
not sure why my data variable would not contain the right information
import re
file_object = open("basics.txt", encoding="utf-8")
data = file_object.read()
file_object.close()
first = (re.match(r'Four', data))
1 Answer
rydavim
18,813 PointsYou just have a typo.
import re
file_object = open("basics.txt", encoding="utf-8")
data = file_object.read()
file_object.close()
# You've got an 'r' before 'Four' here.
first = (re.match(r'Four', data))
It's much easier to spot typos in other people's code. Happy coding!