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Vianney Gall
5,342 Pointsemails.py I am not sure what is wrong about this code:
I keep having "Bummer: Didn't get a regex search object" from my code. Not sure how to correct it.
Thanks you for your help!
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 # E-mail
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}),\s # phone number
(?P<twitters>@[\w\d]+)$ # twitter
""", string, re.X|re.I|re.M)
2 Answers
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Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsHi Vianney, you are very close! By using the carot (^) marker you are saying "this pattern should match from the first character in the line. Since your pattern does not handle the contact's full name, it fails return None
.
Removing the carot results in a regex search object, but it is incorrect because it also include a named "twitter" group that is not asked for. Remove the "(?P<twitters>" and the matching ")" and it should pass. Or remove whole "(?P<twitters>@[\w\d]+)$" from the regex
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!
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Vianney Gall
5,342 PointsThank you so much!!!
Vianney Gall
5,342 PointsVianney Gall
5,342 PointsHi Chris!
I've got the first and second part right! Here is me code for the second part after some (a lot) experimenting:
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,425 PointsAgain SO close! Your twitters pattern is capturing a leading space in the group pattern. Remove the \s and it should pass. Good Luck!!