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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Email Groups

Leah Miller
Leah Miller
16,291 Points
Posted by Leah Miller
Leah Miller
16,291 Points

emails.py Cant get the right match

Every time I try to eliminate the , and \s from the result it no longer finds a match. With the way I have it now I get a match but it still has the , and \s. I tired using [^,\s] and [^, ] but then there are no matches. Id like to understand why and for some one to help me figure out the right way.

Thanks!

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'''

contacts = re.search(r'''
    (?P<emial>[-\w.+]+@[-\w.]+)
    ,\s
    (?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})
''', string, re.X)
print(contacts)

1 Answer

Leah Miller
Leah Miller
16,291 Points
Leah Miller
Leah Miller
16,291 Points

I just caught that! thanks!