Python Brain Teasers

Puzzle 26

Let’s Vote

vote.py

import re

text = 'The vote was 65 in favour, 43 against and 21 abstentions'
match = re.search(r'(\d+).*(\d+).*(\d+)', text)
print(match.group(1), match.group(2), match.group(3))

Guess the Output
	Try to guess what the output is before moving to the next page.

This code will print: 65 2 1

You might have expected to see 65 43 21. The reason for this output is that the .* regular expression is ...