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Jason Whitaker
12,252 PointsCannot get past challenge with email and phone from string
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.]+)\t
(?P<phone>\(?\d{3}\)?-?\s?\d{3}-?\d{4})\t?$
''', string, re.X | re.M)
print(contacts)
print(contacts.groupdict())
'''
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsYou are close. I have corrected the errors (see comments):
contacts = re.search(r'''
# removed start-of-line anchor ^
# added missing <email> parameter name
# added missing comma at end
# change \t tab to \s space
(?P<email>[-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.]+),\s
# added missing <phone> parameter name
# removed unnecessary \t tab at end
# removed end-of-line anchor $
(?P<phone>\(?\d{3}\)?-?\s?\d{3}-?\d{4})?
''', string, re.X | re.M)
The hyphens in the email pattern are not necessary, but doesn't cause failure.