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Keenan Smith
Python Development Techdegree Student 5,487 Pointsescapes
I'm getting an error that only 3 words are coming back. Am i not using the right escape character?
import re
def first_number(string):
string = re.search(r'\d', string)
return string
def numbers(count, string):
pattern = re.search(r'\w' * count, string)
return pattern
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Steven Parker
230,688 PointsThe example of "multiplying" a string shows it being done to a word character ("\w").
But the instructions say the function should be looking for numbers.