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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
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Posted by Prabhath Pillai
Prabhath Pillai
2,740 Points

Am I writing a correct match function?

Not sure what a "nonetype" object error is!

please help!

Prabs

escapes.py 
import re

def first_number(string):
    return re.match(r'\d', string)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points 
# use search instead of match
def first_number(string):
    return re.search(r'\d', string)