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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Escapes

Posted by MUZ140057 Dumisani Nyamusa
MUZ140057 Dumisani Nyamusa
8,029 Points

stage1 escapes

Write a function named first_number that takes a string as an argument. The function should search, with a regular expression, the first number in the string and return the match object.

escapes.py 
import re
def first_number(str1):
  return re.search(str1)

2 Answers

Eric Carter
Eric Carter
5,066 Points
Eric Carter
Eric Carter
5,066 Points

Kenneth's right, you're searching the string but you didn't add a regex.