Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Posted by beven nyamande
beven nyamande
9,575 Points

Regex

my code is working fine in IDLE but am getting this bummers saying didnt get the right value got "@kennethlove" i suppose the idea is to get the twitter handle? :( confused @kenneth

emails.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth, kenneth+challenge@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5555, @kennethlove
Chalkley, Andrew, andrew@teamtreehouse.co.uk, 555-555-5556, @chalkers
McFarland, Dave, dave.mcfarland@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5557, @davemcfarland
Kesten, Joy, joy@teamtreehouse.com, 555-555-5558, @joykesten'''

contacts = re.search(r'''(?P<email>\w+[+.]?\w+@\w+[.]\w+[.]?\w+?),\s(?P<phone>\d{3}-?\d{3}-\d{4})''', string)
twitters = re.search(r'\s+@\w+$', string, re.M | re.I)

1 Answer

Michael De Marre
Michael De Marre
14,198 Points
Michael De Marre
Michael De Marre
14,198 Points

Hello,

You are receiving an error on your code challenge because your code is returning " @kennethlove". You included \s+ in your capture, meaning that all of the spaces between the last word and your capture are also captured. Change it to:

twitters = re.search(r'@\w+$', string, re.M | re.I)