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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Name Groups

Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points
Posted by Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points

How to fix my code

My code is not returning the last name and first name in the required order

names.py 
import re

string = 'Perotto, Pier Giorgio'
names = re.match(r'(\w+,)\s(\w+\s\w+)', string)

1 Answer

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

You have the comma inside the first group. Change to

names = re.match(r'(\w+),\s(\w+\s\w+)', string)  # <-- moved comma

Also, Second group could be changed to ([\w ]+)

Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points
Rabih Atallah
Rabih Atallah
3,405 Points

Thanks for the remark about the comma.