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4,541 PointsCould not catch names properly
what might be the fault of regex
import re
string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'''
^([,\s\w-]*) #firstname
([\w-]*)$ #lastname
''',string,re.M|re.X|re.I)
1 Answer
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest TeacherPatterns match left-to-right, so you need to catch the last name, "Perotto"
first. The first name has two parts, so be sure to allow spaces in your pattern. The comma is not part of either name, it's the separator.