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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Posted by mazen akkari
mazen akkari
19,861 Points

please help with name groups challenge

please help have spent an hour on this task!!! keep getting "Didn't get enough groups back!" can some one please show me working code, need to sleep... thank you

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'

names = re.match(r"([-\w ]+,\s[-\w ]+)", string)

1 Answer

Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points
Kourosh Raeen
Kourosh Raeen
23,733 Points

Your pattern is providing only one group, but the challenge is asking for two groups.

mazen akkari
mazen akkari
19,861 Points

Thank you for pointing it out.