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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

Vo Tan
Vo Tan
2,405 Points
Posted by Vo Tan
Vo Tan
2,405 Points

Challenge unclear

Hi, unsure of this challenge - what is expected?

I thought I should define a class where I (separately) could get an instance via

player_name = Player(last, first, score)

But seems to be wrong. Can someone explain in more detail what is intended here? How should the instances be created?

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

RegEx = re.compile(r'''
    ^(?P<last_name>[\w\s]+)
    ,\s
    (?P<first_name>[\w\s]+)
    :\s
    (?P<score>\d\d)
''', re.X | re.M)

players = RegEx.search(string)


class Player:
  def __init__(self, last, first, number):
    self.last_name = last
    self.first_name = first
    self.score = number

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

You were close. They want the arguments to have the same names as the variables they are stored in.

class Player:
  def __init__(self, last_name, first_name, score):
    self.last_name = last_name
    self.first_name = first_name
    self.score = score