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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
5,928 Points
Posted by Kade Carlson
Kade Carlson
5,928 Points

Not sure why this isn’t working

I can’t tell what I’m missing here that’s not making it work

word_length.py 
import re

# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']
def find_words(count, string):
    return re.findall(r'\w{count,}\b', string)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

You have the right idea, but currently the word "count" is part of the literal regex string. But what you probably want is to have the value that the variable represents as part of the regex instead.

You can fix it with a little formatting or concatenation.