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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Posted by Dimitris Poulopoulos
Dimitris Poulopoulos
7,670 Points

What is wrong with my code?

I get a contacts is not a regex search object error

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\d]*@[+.\w\d]+),
    \s
    (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})$
""", string, re.X)

3 Answers

Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 15,705 Points
Russell Sawyer
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Russell Sawyer
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 15,705 Points

You're pretty close. You just need to make a few changes.

contacts = re.search(r''' 
    (?P<email>[-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.]+) 
     ,\s
     (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})''' 
     , string, re.X | re.M) #<--Add re.M for multiline
Chris Grazioli
Chris Grazioli
31,225 Points
Chris Grazioli
Chris Grazioli
31,225 Points

I have the exact same thing only it keeps giving me back an error }-\d

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

:point_right: See my answer to your other post about this same issue.