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Python Regular Expressions in Python Introduction to Regular Expressions Phone Numbers

Posted by Emily Strobl
Emily Strobl
5,429 Points

phone_number Challenge

i'm confused on what im suppose to do

phone_number.py 
import re

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 Points

The task asks you to:

  • Create a function named phone_numbers that takes a string
  • use re.findall() to find all of the phone numbers in the string
  • return results
  • The phone numbers will all be in the format 555-555-5555

Which part do you need help with?