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Jose Coto
11,466 Pointsregular expressions
Hi,
I cannot pass this challenge. I don't know what is wrong with my code. Thanks for your help!
import re
string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r"([\w]+,) ([\w ]+)", string)
4 Answers
Travis Bailey
13,675 PointsYou're REALLY close.
First you need to build in some escape characters to take the white space into account. (\s = any white-space, \S = anything that isn't white-space. Be careful with that comma in your first set also. As an example here's what my first part of the set looked like.
names = re.match(r'([\w]+),\s', string)
So the above would look for any number of unicode characters, a comma, and then white-space. The comma and white space are crucial since those provide the separation between your first and last names.
You use a very similar approach for the last part of the expressions set, but keep in mind that the first name in the string is actually two names separated by white-space.
Scott Davis
1,925 PointsTravis, I made your edit, but got an error saying "Bummer! Hmm, no .groups() attribute. Did you do a match?"
Travis Bailey
13,675 PointsI'm not sure why it's throwing that error, but when I typed it in the console I got.
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 9), match='Perotto, '>
So the code is finding the last name and the comma. I didn't post the full answer on purpose.
Here's the code, line for line, that I typed into the console.
import re
string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorrgio'
names = re.match(r'([\w]+),\s', string)
names
At that point Python returned:
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 9), match='Perotto, '>
Benny Ng
6,462 PointsSorry to tag on, but I'm having the same issue that I cannot pass this code challenge. Except, Python is returning:
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 21), match='Perotto, Pier Giorgio'>
At this point, I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding the challenge prompt or not.
Scott Davis
1,925 PointsTravis, i am working in the treehouse environment. I am still getting the same error.