Converting test string match result to match group in Python

Asked Sep 28 '18 at 13:25

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I'm working on Python about Regex Data. Here example of my data:

Name: Ahmet Tugra Doger 
University: Arel University

Name: Cagatay Yucelen 
University: Istanbul Technical University

Okay so, I want to group all name, universities, then change their name in the same time. And for this I use this code:

import re
pattern = re.compile(r'Name: (?<NewName>.*)\nUniversity.*:(?  
<NewUniversity>\n*)')

with open('data.txt', 'r') as f:      
contents = f.read()       

matches = pattern.finditer(contents)  

for match in matches:              
    print(match.group(0))

So after a while I get an error but my expected output result is:

NewName: Ahmet Tugra Doger 
NewUniversity: Arel University

NewName: Cagatay Yucelen 
NewUniversity: Istanbul Technical University

So, Is there anyway to do it?

asked Sep 28 '18 at 13:25

Alkyonemis

What is your error? – DeltaMarine101 Sep 28 '18 at 13:34
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Have you tried using a tool like https://regex101.com/ to validate test your regex? – grrrrrr Sep 28 '18 at 13:34
Your second capture group is not closed, the correct regex should look more like `Name: (?P.*)\nUniversity: (?P.*)\n` – grrrrrr Sep 28 '18 at 13:35
Once you have validated your regex, you can use the `.captures` method of the regex module as described in this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30202102/3130972 – grrrrrr Sep 28 '18 at 13:38
error('unknown extension ? This is my error massage – Alkyonemis Sep 28 '18 at 13:52

Converting test string match result to match group in Python

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