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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

KARTIK BHASIN
KARTIK BHASIN
9,299 Points
Posted by KARTIK BHASIN
KARTIK BHASIN
9,299 Points

what is wrong in this????

Please Explain why this is wrong

when I replace variable "i" with 4 then it gives the perfect result.

why "," are not included in words when they are stored in li. Like li should be = ["baby,", "dog,", "cat,", "balloon,"]

word_length.py 
import re

# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']
def find_words(i, st):
    li = re.findall(r"\w{i,}", st)
    return li

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,017 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
216,017 Points

:point_right: Your letter "i" is just a letter inside the quotes.

To make the passed-in value appear you have to insert it into the string with format, or convert it to a string and concatenate it with the rest of the string:

    li = re.findall(r"\w{" + str(i) + ",}", st)

And the comma is not included in the character class represented by "\w", so it will not be part of the matching words.

KARTIK BHASIN
KARTIK BHASIN
9,299 Points
KARTIK BHASIN
KARTIK BHASIN
9,299 Points

Isn't Comma a Unicode character ?