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2,596 PointsRegex intermediate dictionaries
I'm not certain what i'm doing or not doing to get this one right.
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<lastname>^[\w ]+)
,\s
(?P<firstname>[\w ]+)
:\s
(?P<score>[\d]+$)
''', string, re.M|re.X)
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,125 PointsYour regex is fine (), but you just misspelled your groups. The instructions ask for groups named "last_name" and "first_name", but this code is naming them "lastname" and "firstname" (without underscores).