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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email

sarvienn thevendran
sarvienn thevendran
734 Points
Posted by sarvienn thevendran
sarvienn thevendran
734 Points

Regular Expressions

Hey, I've been assigned to find certain emails from a string. Which part of my code is causing the error?

sets_email.py 
import re

# Example:
# >>> find_email("kenneth.love@teamtreehouse.com, @support, ryan@teamtreehouse.com, test+case@example.co.uk")
# ['kenneth@teamtreehouse.com', 'ryan@teamtreehouse.com', 'test@example.co.uk']

def find_emails(string):
    cr7 = re.findall(r'\b[\w,\d,.,+]+\b@[\d,.]+,[\w,.]+',string)
    return cr7

1 Answer

Eric Cahanin
Eric Cahanin
14,869 Points

Inside the brackets, the . that normally matches everything matches only a literal '.' So after your @, you're requiring one or more digits or .'s. Try to simplify your regex so that it's easier to understand. For example, \w already matches digits, so you don't need to include \d inside the brackets. Something like https://regex101.com/ can help you get a feel for how things match.

sarvienn thevendran
sarvienn thevendran
734 Points
sarvienn thevendran
sarvienn thevendran
734 Points

hey! it just appears that I'm not supposed to put in commas inside sets. thank you so much for your time!