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RWS Admin
19,205 PointsI keep getting an empty array, where is my error?
I've written this code out a few times now, and I feel like I am transcribing it exactly as he says to do it, but every time I am getting an empty array [] rather than the results he does. Where is my error? I can't seem to find it.
print(re.findall(r'''
^([-\w ]*,\s[-\w ]+)\t
([-\w\d.+]+@[-\w\d.]+)\t
(\(?\d{3}\)?-?\s?\d{3}-\d{4})?\t
([\w\s]+,\s[/w/s.]+)\t?
(@[\w\d]+)?$
''', data, re.X|re.M))
RWS Admin
19,205 Pointsoh sorry about that, here is the snapshot of my workspace for this video. https://w.trhou.se/rmbztrr1jl
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsIn the part of the regex that parses the "job" field, there are some slashes where there should be backslashes:
(?P<job>[\w\s]+,\s[/w/s.]+)\t? # original
(?P<job>[\w\s]+,\s[\w\s.]+)\t? # fixed
RWS Admin
19,205 PointsWow, I starred at this so long it just all jumbled together. Thanks for the help
Steven Parker
231,269 PointsSteven Parker
231,269 PointsWhat data are you applying this to? Or even better, make a snapshot of your workspace and post the link to it here.