On September 15, 2015, Jude DaShiell wrote: > ages=re.findall(r'\d[1,3]',examplestring) This should use curly-braces: {1,3} instead of square braces, and this > names=re.findall(r'[A,Z][a,z]*',examplestring) should use a dash for the range instead of commas: [A-Z][a-z]* which you might want to tweak for names like "MacArthur" in which case you'd want [A-Z][A-Za-z]* Hope this helps, -tim _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list