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Start your free trialTopher Knoll
3,572 PointsBummer: Hmm, no .groups() attribute. Did you do a match?
I'm not quite sure what this even means [as usual.] This vague bummer code doesn't make sense. The lesson teaches us to use .groupsdict() which is the root of the problem I guess. I don't remember there being anything about .groups(). Anyway, I use both on the names string and it gives me either this error or something about there not being a .groupsdict() method.
Stuck yet again.
import re
string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'''
^(?P<first>[\w ]+),\s
(?P<last>[\w ]+)
''', string, re.X|re.M)
names = names.groupdict()
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,186 PointsThe instructions only ask for the result of the "re.match" to be assigned to "name". The extra step is replacing what would otherwise be a correct result with one of it's attributes.
Topher Knoll
3,572 PointsOkay. I just removed the last line. Confusing directions... But, thanks!