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MUZ140934 Noel Zipingani
2,656 Pointshelp complete this challenge please
Create a new variable named contacts that is an re.search() where the pattern catches the email address and phone number from string. Name the email pattern email and the phone number pattern phone. The comma and spaces * should not* be part of the groups.
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.]+)
,\s
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{4})'''
, string, re.X | re.M)
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsIt looks like your phone number regex is not looking for the area code. Try:
(?P<phone>\d{3}-\d{3}-\d{4})
Your code passes with the modification above.