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David Gahagan
2,212 PointsI feel like I've answered this question and am not sure what you are after.
The question was looking for me (I think) to create a dictionary defining the last_name and first_name keys. I've done that but it says I've created too many groups
import re
string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'''
^(?P<last_name>[\w]*)
([,]\s)
(?P<first_name>[\w ]*)$
''',string,re.X|re.M|re.I)
2 Answers
frankgenova
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 15,590 Pointsspoiler answer I looked back at my old notes and at the challenge. The task is "Create a variable names that is an re.match() against string. The pattern should provide two groups, one for a last name match and one for a first name match. The name parts are separated by a comma and a space."
Here is the approach I used:
import re
string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'''
([-\w ]+),\s
([-\w ]+)
''', string, re.VERBOSE)
print(names)
David Gahagan
2,212 PointsThanks Frank, I think just because of the previous video detailing dictionary usage I thought that's what they were after. You were right.
best regards Dave