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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Review: Regular Expressions in Python

luke hammer
luke hammer
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Posted by luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points

Name the following group "name". re.search(r'([\s\w]+)', 'Kenneth Love')

I have two questions that are in the quiz?

first

Name the following group "name".

re.search(r'( [\s\w]+)', 'Kenneth Love')

I was doing

re.search(r'(?P<name>[\s\w]+)', 'Kenneth Love')

like I did the challenge but it would either freeze up my browser or fail.

any one else having problems with this not working? is my code correct???

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Hey Luke, I tried your answer but couldn't get it to freeze up, just give me the "Bummer!"

Your answer is very close. You just left off naming the group:

re.search(r'(?P<name>[\s\w]+)', 'Kenneth Love') #<-- Added <name>
luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points
luke hammer
luke hammer
25,513 Points

Thanks for letting me know what I was doing wrong also I attempted this several more times and got it fAil twice more while using Internet Explorer however when I switch to Chrome. chrome seem to work each time.

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

I recall it was mentioned somewhere on Treehouse that Chrome was the preferred browser. Though I use Firefox (I like the Firebug debugger plugin). And Chrome on the iPhone (like now :-)