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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Posted by MoatazBellah Ghobashy
MoatazBellah Ghobashy
9,518 Points

I do not know what should i do!!

I really do not know how to solve this challenge, i try to reverse the string but also did not work, what should i do to solve this problem!!

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'''
    ([\w]+),
    ([\s\w]+)  
    ''', string, re.X)
print(names)

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You don't need parentheses or brackets for this regex string.

Try this:

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'''
    \w+,
    \s\w+
    ''', string, re.X)
print(names)

Good luck! ~alex

MoatazBellah Ghobashy
MoatazBellah Ghobashy
9,518 Points

Many thanks to you :)

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

No problem :)