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Maba Bah
2,744 PointsNot sure what I'm doing wrong here.
Any help?
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.]+)
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4}+)$
''', string, re.M |re.X | re.I)
2 Answers

Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsYou are very close.
- remove the start of line anchor ^, and the end of line anchor $. These say the pattern match must include those end points. Since the target is within the line. This fails to match
- remove the + following the {4}. This is seen as a double modifier “one or more multiples of 4”
- you are missing pattern characters to consume the comma and space \s between the two targeted fields.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!

Maba Bah
2,744 PointsSplendid! Thank you so much! Looks like I might have to revise some previous regex videos
Maba Bah
2,744 PointsMaba Bah
2,744 PointsI keep encountering an error "bad character range }-\d"
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,082 PointsTwo issues
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!