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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Players Dictionary and Class

Benjamin Ng
Benjamin Ng
7,378 Points
Posted by Benjamin Ng
Benjamin Ng
7,378 Points

Challenge 2 of 2 help required!

Was wondering what is the exact requirement of this challenge?

I kept getting: Bummer! Wasn't able to create correct instances. Got {'last_name': 'Love', 'score': '20', 'first_name': 'Kenneth'}.

Anyone can help me out with this? Thanks!

players.py 
import re

string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''

players = re.search(r'''
    (?P<last_name>[\w\s]+),\s
    (?P<first_name>[\w\s]+):\s
    (?P<score>[\d]+)
''', string, re.X|re.M)

class Player():
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.last_name = players.groupdict()['last_name']
        self.first_name = players.groupdict()['first_name']
        self.score = players.groupdict()['score']

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

You have the right idea. Grab the attributes from kwargs instead of players

class Player():
    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
        self.last_name = kwargs['last_name']
        self.first_name = kwargs['first_name']
        self.score = kwargs['score']
Benjamin Ng
Benjamin Ng
7,378 Points
Benjamin Ng
Benjamin Ng
7,378 Points

Thanks for the help Chris!