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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points
Posted by Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points

Twitters not regex

I am getting Bummer! twitters does not seem to be a regex search agent'

emails.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth, kenneth+challenge@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5555, @kennethlove
Chalkley, Andrew, andrew@teamtreehouse.co.uk, 555-555-5556, @chalkers
McFarland, Dave, dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5557, @davemcfarland
Kesten, Joy, joy@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5558, @joykesten'''

contacts = re.search(r'(?P<email>[\w+.]+@[\w.]+),\s(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})',string)
twitters = re.search(r'(?P<twitter>\s[\w\d]+)$',string,re.M)

1 Answer

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

Very close. You're missing the @-sign. Change the leading space to @:

# old version
twitters = re.search(r'(?P<twitter>\s[\w\d]+)$',string,re.M)

# new version
twitters = re.search(r'(?P<twitter>@[\w\d]+)$',string,re.M)
Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points
Elizabeth McInerney
Elizabeth McInerney
3,175 Points

Well, thanks! That finally worked. I see now that I could use the space as a way to identify what part of the line I wanted, but then I have to realize that I am grabbing the space and including it with whatever I pulled out, not just using the space as a way to locate something. I thought the space was helpful because it identified the twitter address separate from an email address, which would not have a space. But simply identifying something as being at the end makes more sense. Thanks!