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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points
Posted by Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

Getting Bummer on the second function. Please help me to find the reason

What am I doing wrong in the second function "numbers()"?

escapes.py 
import re

def first_number(string):
    return re.search("\d", string)


def numbers(count=0, string=''):
    return re.search((r"\w" * count), string)

1 Answer

Kurt Maurer
Kurt Maurer
16,725 Points

Hey Bapi,

You're really close. The example they gave you was just an example, so you need to maintain \d like you did in the first function. So:

def numbers(count, string):
    return re.search(r"\d" * count, string)

Hope this helps!

Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points
Bapi Roy
Bapi Roy
14,237 Points

Thank you, Kurt Maurer. You are right, challenge asked to get numbers.