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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Posted by Unashe Mutambashora
Unashe Mutambashora
3,433 Points

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Hie guys. I keep on getting this "Didn't get the right match. Got "auo"" error every time I try to run this code . Please help

escapes.py 
import re

def first_number(string):
    string = string
    return re.search(r"\d", string)


def numbers(count,string):
    string = string
    count = int(count) * "\w"
    integer = r"{}".format(count)
    return re.search(integer,string)

1 Answer

Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Megan Amendola
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Hi!

The challenge is asking you to find numbers in the string (like you did in part 1). The '\w' was just for an example, use '\d' again instead.

Unashe Mutambashora
Unashe Mutambashora
3,433 Points

Thanks Meg