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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Review: Regular Expressions in Python

Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
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Posted by Dan Badertscher
Dan Badertscher
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match_object.____ (Regular Expressions Quiz)

I've watched the video for this question a few times and i'm still not getting it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Fill in the blank below:

How would I get the contents of the group named email from my match object?

match_object.__________

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points

When named groups are matched in a regex, each result can be referred to by name (See match.group(), if m is your match object, using m.group(name_of_the group). In your case the group name would be 'email'

Sophia Zeng
Sophia Zeng
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Sophia Zeng
Sophia Zeng
2,169 Points

I tried to use match_object.group(email), but couldn't get it passed... Chris Freeman, did I get you wrong here??

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 67,989 Points

You are close. email needs to be in quotes:

match_object.group('email')