This code prints only the word student and not the name following it i use regex for the same

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I have used regular expression module in order to print the students name from the following text however in the code when I define my name regex it prints the word student only how do I fix it

import re
    list = '''Student name - Shaurya Ronak Ajmera
    Age - 7 years
    Std - 2nd
    Parents name - Ronak and Shital Ajmera
    Phone no - ******************
    Address - ***********
    Knows gujarati - can speak and understand. Reads and writes small sentences.
    Batch - 11 to 12:30 am'''
    numberRegex = re.compile(r'\d{10}')
    nameRegex = re.compile(r'(student)\.*[A-Z a-z]+',re.I)
    mo = nameRegex.findall(list)
    print(mo)
    no = numberRegex.findall(list)
    print(no)

re.findall gives all the values for the capture groups, you can omit the parenthesis around `(student)` — The fourth bird, Apr 29 '21 at 11:21
If you want to print the student name, see https://ideone.com/KAB9D8 — The fourth bird, Apr 29 '21 at 12:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 30 '21 at 15:02

You can repeatedly match all the names after student name - and capture that part in a group instead.

You can omit A-Z and leave a-z in the character class, as re.I makes the match case insensitive.

student name - ([a-z]+(?: [a-z]+)*)

See a Python demo

Example

nameRegex = re.compile(r'student name - ([a-z]+(?: [a-z]+)*)', re.I)

This code prints only the word student and not the name following it i use regex for the same

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