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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

Posted by Katherine O'Halloran
Katherine O'Halloran
1,543 Points

REGEX - get last name, first name, score

Hi,

Could someone please help me out with what I am doing wrong here? I keep getting just Kenneth's results. I am assuming this has something to do with the different naming convention for the last record but I am not sure what to adjust to capture it (I tried adding the spaces within the names to accommodate but it is not working).

Thanks!

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.search(r'''
    ^(?P<lastname>[\w\s\w ]+) #lastname, all word characters
    ,\s #commaspace
    (?P<firstname>[\w\s\w ]+) #firstname, all word characters
    :\s #colonspace
    (?P<score>[\d]+)$ #score
''', string, re.M|re.X)

3 Answers

Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points
Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points

I believe you want findall() instead of search().

Jakub Czajkowski
Jakub Czajkowski
3,919 Points
Jakub Czajkowski
Jakub Czajkowski
3,919 Points

I also have a problem with this assigment, when I'm able to match the last line I cannot match the first 4 lines and vice versa.

I think my problem is I cannot make the second element of last and first name as optional.

My current pattern: ^(?P<last_name>[\w]+\s?[\w]+?),\s(?P<first_name>[\w]+\s[\w]+):\s(?P<score>\d{2})$

Can someone help please?

Pedro Cabral
Pedro Cabral
33,586 Points

Are you using re.M?

Jakub Czajkowski
Jakub Czajkowski
3,919 Points
Jakub Czajkowski
Jakub Czajkowski
3,919 Points

Yes, I'm testing it on regex101.com, currently it only catches the last line.