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Python

Posted by daniilkistanov
daniilkistanov
2,038 Points

Regex email and phone

What is wrong with my code?

contacts = re.search(r'''

    ^(?P<email> [-\w\d+.]+@[-\w\d.]+)
     (?P<phone> \d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})$

    ''', string, re.M)

[MOD: added ``\python formatting -cf]

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Your regex group patterns are correct, but the outer regex code has errors:

  • Do not use the start anchor (^) or the end anchor ($) since the pattern you are looking for doesn't start or end within the target string
  • There is a ,\s missing between the two group patterns. It is necessary to consume the comma and space there.
  • The re.X (verbose) switch is needed if you want to use extra whitespace for readability. Usage re.X | re.M

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!