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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Serkan van Delden
Serkan van Delden
13,094 Points
Posted by Serkan van Delden
Serkan van Delden
13,094 Points

Escape quiz.py

In the question where you have to fill in a escape for the number in "Johny-5", there is a glitch I think. First I tried /d, what I thought was the correct answer, but it said the answer was wrong. Then I tried every escape we learned, but nothing worked. Maybe I don't understand the question well. Can someone help me with this, because I can't skip the quiz.

3 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Serkan van Delden

You're on the right track with your first assumption. It is d that you use, but your are using a forward slash instead of a back slash for the escape. So, /d needs to be \d.

Otherwise, nice work! :) :dizzy:

Louise St. Germain
Louise St. Germain
19,424 Points
Louise St. Germain
Louise St. Germain
19,424 Points

Hi Serkan,

You just need to use a back slash ( \ ) instead of a forward slash ( / ) for any escape characters in a regular expression. Then it should work!