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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions The Basics

Posted by Kristine Saryan
Kristine Saryan
1,386 Points

Why does it keep saying Task 1 is no longer passing when I try to do task 2. I haven't changed anything

I keep getting the same error even though it said task 1 was done correctly

basics.py 
file_object= open ("basics.txt")
data=read (file_object)

1 Answer

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

The "task 1" message might be a bit misleading.

The challenge always re-checks task 1, so if you have introduced a syntax error anywhere in the code, it will think there's trouble with task 1.

Your main issue is in using the read method. This method should be applied to the file object, but instead you called it like a function and passed the object to it as an argument.