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Python

Posted by qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

Goals challenge

Great! Now, make a new variable, twitters that is an re.search() where the pattern catches the Twitter handle for a person. Remember to mark it as being at the end of the string. You'll also want to use the re.MULTILINE flag.

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\d.+]+@[-\w\d.]+)
    ,\s
    (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})
''', string, re.X)

# TASK 2 CODE
twitters = re.search(r'''
    (?P<twitter>@[\w\d]+)
''', string, re.X)

Regular Expressions in Python

Bummer! Didn't get the right capture. Got "@teamtreehouse".

So I am having a problem with task 2. This is my code but all I get is @treamhouse and I don't get the other twitter handles. any idea why?

qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

Kenneth Love

4 Answers

Perry Stripling
Perry Stripling
20,210 Points
Perry Stripling
Perry Stripling
20,210 Points

Add '$' to end of pattern; Matches the end of the string or just before the newline at the end of the string, and in MULTILINE mode also matches before a newline.

Robert Erick
Robert Erick
24,909 Points
Robert Erick
Robert Erick
24,909 Points

twitters=re.search(r'(@\w+)$',string,re.MULTILINE)

michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points
michaelangelo owildeberry
michaelangelo owildeberry
18,173 Points

where are you placing re.M? =)

qasimalbaqali
qasimalbaqali
17,839 Points

When I add the re.M at the end it tells me "Bummer! twitters doesn't seem to be a regex search object."

EDIT: NVM got it. I added $ at the end of the string thanks to Perry Stripling

Jose Rosario
Jose Rosario
2,981 Points
Jose Rosario
Jose Rosario
2,981 Points

twitters = re.search(r''' (?P<twitter>@[\w\d]+)?$ ''', string, re.X | re.M)

Jose Rosario
Jose Rosario
2,981 Points

don't forget give a twitter name for the expresión after ?P

MZ140542 Edwin Chawabvunza
MZ140542 Edwin Chawabvunza
2,432 Points

I don't know where I getting it wrong but its refusing to pass for me,