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Python

Posted by Malcolm Jury
Malcolm Jury
11,194 Points

Task 2 of 2 - RegEx driving me nuts

I am stuck on the task where you have to give the function a number and a string, what am i doing wrong?

def numbers(count, myString): regTest = r"/w"*count return (numbers(regTest, myString))

3 Answers

Mikael Enarsson
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Points
Mikael Enarsson
Mikael Enarsson
7,056 Points

I don't have the energy to go into details right now, but if you are interested ask, and I'll try to get back to you later:

def numbers(count, string):               #get the number of consecutive numbers to search, and the
                                          #string to search for it

  return re.search(r'\d'*count, string)   #Here, search count times any digits (\d being the escape
                                          #sequence for numbers) in the string
Malcolm Jury
Malcolm Jury
11,194 Points
Malcolm Jury
Malcolm Jury
11,194 Points

facepalm