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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Posted by martinvoigt
martinvoigt
1,676 Points

How to get it work?

How can I get the phone numbers?

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.]+)\t?\s*
        (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})?\s*
    """, string, re.X|re.M)

2 Answers

Gabbie Metheny
Gabbie Metheny
33,778 Points
Gabbie Metheny
Gabbie Metheny
33,778 Points

Right now, you're checking for tabs (\t) like Kenneth did in the video, but the instructions state that commas and spaces should not be part of the group. So instead of checking for tabs and spaces, you should be checking for commas (,) and spaces. The part after the group (in parentheses) in each regex should look more like this:

,\s*

to check for a comma and 0 or more spaces. This should work for both the email and the phone number. Let me know if you're still having trouble!

martinvoigt
martinvoigt
1,676 Points
martinvoigt
martinvoigt
1,676 Points

Thanks a lot, it worked! :)