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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Dustin Wahba
Dustin Wahba
13,362 Points
Posted by Dustin Wahba
Dustin Wahba
13,362 Points

Email Groups

Not sure what I'm doing wrong... help?

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.]+@[\w.]+)
  ,\s
  (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})
''', string, re.X|re.I)

twitters = re.search(r'''
  (@[\w]+)$
''', string, re.X, re.I, re.MULTILINE)

2 Answers

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

The error is in using commas between your re flags instead of a pipe (|) symbol in the twitters statement.

Dustin Wahba
Dustin Wahba
13,362 Points
Dustin Wahba
Dustin Wahba
13,362 Points

whoops! such a little thing. Thank you!