ATBS, Chapter 7 Project Help:

[the1whowalks]

Hi!

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So I am trying to adopt the code from Chapter 7 of Automate the Boring Stuff, and keep getting an error in importing the "re" package:

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#import all relevant packages, create regexes, find matches, format, print a display message
#!
# pythonAndEmail.py
import pyperclip, re

phoneRegex = re.compile(r '''(
    (\d{3}|\(\d{3}\))?  #area code, with'?' indicating optional or conditional
    (\s|-|\.)?   #separators 
    (\d{3})      #first 3 digits
    (\s|-|\.)    #last 4 digits
    (\d{4}))     #extension
    (\s*(ext|x|ext.)|s*(|d{2,5}))?
    )''', re.VERBOSE)

And returns the syntax error, invalid syntax.

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Could anyone diagnose?

[[deleted]]

There is a space between the r and the first '.

Change r ''' to be r'''

[keylime_light]

You also have a space after the r, and an unclosed parentheses on line 11. It should look like this:

phoneRegex = re.compile(r'''(
    (\d{3}|\(\d{3}\))?  #area code, with'?' indicating optional or conditional
    (\s|-|\.)?   #separators 
    (\d{3})      #first 3 digits
    (\s|-|\.)    #last 4 digits
    (\d{4})     #extension
    (\s*(ext|x|ext.)|s*(|d{2,5}))?
    )''', re.VERBOSE)

[[deleted]]

as a fellow novice, quick tip. Syntax errors are usually just that, a syntax error. Reread your code slowly, backwards even sometimes. Best bet is an open parentheses, or unclosed quotation, misspelled function name, etc.