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David Fry
13,267 PointsPlayer Dictionaries and Class task 1: Why does this match not work?
The match comes back with last_name: Love, first_name: Kenneth, socre:20, but it's not working to pass the challenge.
import re
string = '''Love, Kenneth: 20
Chalkley, Andrew: 25
McFarland, Dave: 10
Kesten, Joy: 22
Stewart Pinchback, Pinckney Benton: 18'''
players = re.match(r'''
(?P<last_name>[\w]*),
(?P<first_name>\s[\w]*):
(?P<score>\s\d{2})
''', string, re.X|re.M)
David Fry
13,267 PointsSorry about that.
players = re.match(r'''
(?P<last_name>[\w]*),
(?P<first_name>\s[\w]*):
(?P<score>\s\d{2})
''', string, re.X|re.M)
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsUpdated your post with the regex.
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsYou spaces in the regex are misplaced and it may help to use the beginning of line (^) and end of line ($) tokens:
players = re.match(r'''^
(?P<last_name>[\w ]*),\s #<-- added space to handle multiple first names
(?P<first_name>[\w ]*):\s #<-- added space to handle multiple last names
(?P<score>\d{2})$
''', string, re.X|re.M)
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsCould you please include the regex match code your are using?