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Dan Badertscher
5,327 Pointsmatch_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
Treehouse Moderator 68,404 PointsWhen 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
2,169 PointsSophia Zeng
2,169 PointsI tried to use match_object.group(email), but couldn't get it passed... Chris Freeman, did I get you wrong here??
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,404 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,404 PointsYou are close.
emailneeds to be in quotes:match_object.group('email')