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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Points
Posted by FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
FHATUWANI Dondry MUVHANGO
17,796 Points

problems with word_length.py

this is as far as i get, and i always get an error saying that "it gets an empty list", where did i go wrong?

word_length.py 
import re

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

#find_words(3, 'boy, girlboy, to, from, by, bye')