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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Hans Fricke
Hans Fricke
8,974 Points
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)