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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Posted by Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Please help with this regex! (SOLVED)

"Bummer! Didn't get the right content in the groups." Why???

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'

names = re.match(r"(\w+), (\w+)", string)

1 Answer

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

Your pattern needs to catch the space in the first name.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

?

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

In the first name "Pier Giorgio", there is a space between "Pier" and "Giorgio" and your pattern is not catching that.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Where exactly should I put the space? I am not catching "Giorgio" in the first place.

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

In the second group. Right now you have any number of letters in that group. Add to it so that it becomes any number of letters followed by a space followed by any number of letters.

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

Oh thank you so much!