Returning multiple matches in a string

Question

Hi,
I cannot seem to get how to solve part 2 of the code challenge to return "count" number of digits within a string input. I am unsure of where my code is lacking as match finds 1 or more matches, not just the first instance from what I read.
Is my code failing perhaps because it is looking for consecutive digits?
```escapes.py
import re
def first_number(string):
  return re.search(r'(\d)', string)
def numbers(count,string):
  count=int()
  return re.match(r'\d' * count ,string)
```

Chase Marchione · Accepted Answer

Hi Dhruv,
You'll want to stick with the search method. (You're searching for the place in the string in which you'd find the 'count' amount of numbers in a row.)
For this challenge, there is no need to initialize count to anything (or as being of the type integer, if that was that statement's intention), so you'll want to remove that line.
iOS
return re.search(r'\d' * count, string)

Hope this helps.

Dhruv Ghulati · Answer

Thanks all!

Drew Butcher · Answer

@CJ Marchione (https://teamtreehouse.com/cjmarchione)  is correct you can just use:
```
def numbers(count, string):
  return re.search(r'\d'*count,string)
```

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Returning multiple matches in a string

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Chase Marchione

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