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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

Jacqueline Garcia
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Jacqueline Garcia
Courses Plus Student 1,296 Points
Posted by Jacqueline Garcia
Jacqueline Garcia
Courses Plus Student 1,296 Points

Nonetype Error

I am wondering why this is not working?

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.search(r'''
(?P<last_name>[\w ]+)
,/s
(?P<first_name>[\w ]+)
:/s
(?P<score>[\d]+)

''',string, re.X|re.M)
print(players.groupdict())

1 Answer

John Lindsey
John Lindsey
15,641 Points
John Lindsey
John Lindsey
15,641 Points

It should be "\s" in your regex. You accidentally used the forward slash instead.

import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.search(r'''
(?P<last_name>[\w ]+)
,\s
(?P<first_name>[\w ]+)
:\s
(?P<score>[\d]+)

''',string, re.X|re.M)