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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Cory Rhodes
Cory Rhodes
5,096 Points

return an re.search for exactly count integers in the string. They want me to count the # of integers?

They want me to count the number of integers that appear in the string, and return it? Or they want me to return the integers. E.g.) tasty44332 returns: 44332

or they want tast44332 to return: 5

escapes.py
import re
def first_number(string):
    return(re.search(r'\d', string))

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Hey Cory Rhodes, given an int count and a str string, return the search object if there are count number of integers within the string. So, numbers(4, “abcde1234”) would return a valid search, but numbers(4, “abcde123”) would not.

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!