8.12.1 Self Check¶

4. (IPython Session) Create and test a regular expression that matches a street address consisting of a number with one or more digits followed by two words of one or more characters each. The tokens should be separated by one space each, as in 123 Main Street.

Answer:

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import re

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street = r'\d+ [A-Z][a-z]* [A-Z][a-z]*'

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'Match' if re.fullmatch(street, '123 Main Street') else 'No match'

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'Match' if re.fullmatch(street, 'Main Street') else 'No match'

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