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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Word Length

Posted by Ewerton Luna
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Ewerton Luna
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 24,031 Points

Regex: find_words challenge. What am I missing?

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word_length.py 
import re

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

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

1 Answer

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

You're got the right idea, but you don't want the literal word "count" in your RegEx expression.

Instead, use a mechanism like concatenation, the "format" function, or an "f-string" to include the value of the "count" variable in the expression.

Once you fix that you should pass the challenge.