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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Vo Tan
Vo Tan
2,405 Points
Posted by Vo Tan
Vo Tan
2,405 Points

Match object

Don't get what is wrong: re.match(.) gives you a match object - right? So I should be able to return this object.

escapes.py 
import re

def first_number(str):
  return re.match(r'\d',str)

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

You are doing a very good job! Just change the "match" method to the "search" method.

import re

def first_number(a):
  return re.search(r"\d", a)