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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Gokul Nishanth
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Gokul Nishanth
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Posted by Gokul Nishanth
Gokul Nishanth
Courses Plus Student 581 Points

Create two groups for a single line using regex?

Create a variable 'names' that is an re.match() against 'string'. The pattern should provide two groups, one for the last name match and one for a first name match. The name parts are separated by a comma and space.

import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'

names = re.match(r''' (?P<lastname>[\w ]*[^,\s]) # last name ?P<firstname>[\w ]+ # first name ''', string, re.X)

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'

names = re.match(r'''
    (?P<lastname>[\w ]*[^,\s]) # last name
    ?P<firstname>[\w ]+ # first name
    ''', string, re.X)

1 Answer

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
  1. The comma and space shouldn't be in the lastname.
  2. You need parentheses around firstname.