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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

Dustin Wahba
Dustin Wahba
13,362 Points

find_words function using re HELP!

I am string to write a function that accepts an integer and a string and returns a list of strings that has the specified number of words or more...

what is wrong with my code?

word_length.py
import re

# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']

def find_words(count, string):
  return re.findall(r'\w{}'.format(str(count)+','), string)

1 Answer

Dustin Wahba
Dustin Wahba
13,362 Points

sorry for all of the typos!!