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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Posted by Hans Fricke
Hans Fricke
8,974 Points

regular expressions, no group attribute

Hello,

I feel I am doing everything the code challenge asks of me, but I keep getting the error "no .group() attribute"

Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Thank you!

Hans

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'

names = re.match(r"""
    ^(\w+),\s  #first name
    (\w+)$  #last name
""", string, re.X)

print(names)

1 Answer

Per Schrijver
Per Schrijver
3,435 Points
Per Schrijver
Per Schrijver
3,435 Points 
names = re.match("(\w*), (\w*\s\w*)", string)