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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

Hunter Nelson
Hunter Nelson
580 Points
Posted by Hunter Nelson
Hunter Nelson
580 Points

How do I make my code pass? I guess I'm not understanding the curly braces

word_length.py

word_length.py 
import re

def find_words(c,string):
    c = int(c)
    return re.findall(r'\w{c,}', string)



# EXAMPLE:
# >>> find_words(4, "dog, cat, baby, balloon, me")
# ['baby', 'balloon']

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The braces aren't the issue, but the "c" in the string is just a literal character "c". If you want to have the value of variable c in the string, you'll need to use something like concatenation or interpolation.