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Ian Maina
4,571 Pointswhat am I doing wrong here?
so what is wrong with this code?
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)
2 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,457 PointsIn your regex pattern "count" is a literal string of characters and does not get the value of the variable count. You will need to use .format() or string concatination to include the value of count in the regex string.
Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!
James Peter
3,180 PointsBreaking (r'\w{count, }', string) into three parts and formatting the count would make the code work.
(r'\w{' + '{}'.format(count) +........ the remaining needs to concatenated to make it work.