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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Posted by Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
3,312 Points

"Task 1 is no longer passing", but I did NOT even change it

Can someone please shed some light on this one. I'm trying to solve Task 2 of 2 of the Code Challenge on Regular Expressions. Task 1 has already passed, and I didn't change it. Then, I submit my code for Task 2, but I'm getting this weird error given in the subject line above. Thanks for any insights you can provide.

escapes.py 
import re

def first_number(any_str):
    return(re.search(r'\d ', any_str))


def numbers(count, some_string):
    result = (re.search(r"\d" * count, some_string)
    return result

2 Answers

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

A previous task may fail if a new syntax error is introduced anywhere in the code. It looks like there is a missing right paren in the second function.

Shijie Huang
Shijie Huang
2,184 Points
Shijie Huang
Shijie Huang
2,184 Points

I have the same problem like Conrad. But I can not find the missing right paren. Can you give me extra advice about the second function.

Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
3,312 Points
Conrad Landicho
Conrad Landicho
3,312 Points

Thanks Chris, I added the missing right paren at the end, and it finally passed. However, that error "Task 1 is no longer passing" was really misleading. :-)

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 Points

Everyone hits this at sometime. So now you know. ?

When there is a syntax error the checker isn't sophisticated enough to figure out what caused it. It simply runs tests for all the tasks so a Task 1 test will always fail first on a syntax error.