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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

hugo dahl
hugo dahl
2,967 Points
Posted by hugo dahl
hugo dahl
2,967 Points

whats wrong

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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'''

# Create variable contacts with re.search()
contacts_pattern = r'email: (\S+@\S+), phone: (\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})'
contacts_search = re.search(contacts_pattern, string)

# Check if there is a match
if contacts_search:
    email, phone = contacts_search.groups()
    contacts = {'email': email, 'phone': phone}
else:
    contacts = None

# Example usage:
print("Contacts:", contacts)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,186 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,186 Points

At first glance, it appears that including the literals "email: " and "phone: " in the pattern will prevent any matches from being found, since those strings do not appear in the data.