On 06/08/15 06:39, Aadesh Shrestha wrote:
import retext = input('Enter your text with phone number using xx-xxxxxxx format \n') contact = re.compile(r'\d\d-\d\d\d\d\d\d\d') for i in range(len(text)): chunk = text[i:i+10] mo = contact.search(chunk) if mo: print('Phone Number Found:'+mo.group())
Remove the loop? re.search can find the pattern in the whole of text without a loop. That's basically the point of it. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
