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Vidhya Sagar
1,568 PointsLOST.!Someone help
I get [] .
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.]+),\t
(?P<ph_no>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})$
''',string,re.X|re.MULTILINE)
1 Answer
Chris Howell
Python Web Development Techdegree Graduate 49,702 PointsThe only reason I can see is the use of the ^ character and the $ and the \t.
If you have a look at the RegEx Docs
The ^ says: Matches the start of the string, and in MULTILINE mode also matches immediately after each newline.
The $ says: 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
\t is a tab character, so be sure your string isnt using a normal space or use the \s which catches all types of whitespace characters.
string isnt starting with the email pattern, it starts with a Last Name and First Name then an email. So if you remove the ^ and $ it wont restrict email pattern to the start of the expression. :)
Hope that helps!