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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Tobiasz Lorenc
Tobiasz Lorenc
3,757 Points
Posted by Tobiasz Lorenc
Tobiasz Lorenc
3,757 Points

Help me, i did 50 try's :D

Create a new variable named contacts that is an re.search() where the pattern catches the email address and phone number from string. Name the email pattern email and the phone number pattern phone. The comma and spaces * should not* be part of the groups.

What i do wrong?

emails.py 
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.+]+)?@[\w\s.]+)\t
    (?P<phone>[\d]{3}-[\d]{3}-[\d]{4})$
''',string,re.I|re.M)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Here are the corrections needed:

  • remove caret (^) starting anchor since pattern doesn’t start at beginning of string
  • remove dollar sign ($) EOL anchor since pattern doesn’t end at End-of-line
  • use comma space (,\s) between patterns instead of tab (\t)
  • remove inner group defined by (...)? as in causes returned groups not to match expected groups
  • the space (\s) in the email domain name is unnecessary, but will pass task 1
  • change re.I to re.M for multi-line interpretation

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!