Python - Regular expression to extract data from a variable

Question

I am trying to extract the name stored in the variable below. I am trying to extract using regular expression but I am getting a invalid syntax error.

import re
var = 'Thomas/Male/'
output = re.search('([\w.-]+)/([\w.-]+)', var)
if output:
    print output.group(1)

Expected output 1 : Thomas
Expected output 2 : Male

Could anyone help on this. Thanks

You confused what is what in the code. rextester.com/RFUU47934 — Wiktor Stribiżew
– Wiktor Stribiżew, Commented May 11, 2018 at 13:22
That's Python 2 code. You can't do print output.group(1) in Python 3. Also, you refer to a variable match without creating it first. — Kevin
– Kevin, Commented May 11, 2018 at 13:25

Konstantin · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11 13:23:14Z

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Check variables, and in python3 print() not print

import re
var = 'Thomas/Male/'
output = re.search('([\w.-]+)/([\w.-]+)', var)
if output:
    print(output.group(0))
    print(output.group(1))
    print(output.group(2))

Output:

Thomas/Male
Thomas
Male

answered May 11, 2018 at 13:23

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Ajax1234 · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11 13:22:56Z

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You can search for alphanumeric characters:

import re
var = 'Thomas/Male/'
name, gender = re.findall('\w+', var)

Output:

'Thomas'
'Male'

answered May 11, 2018 at 13:22

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Rakesh · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11 13:22:53Z

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You can use str.split

var = 'Thomas/Male/'
var = var.split("/")
print(var[0], " = " ,var[1])

Output:

Thomas = Male

answered May 11, 2018 at 13:22

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NBlaine · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-11 13:24:45Z

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If the data is always in the form you posted (something/somethingElse/) you could probably accomplish this easier by using split() rather than regex:

var = 'Thomas/Male/'
var_split = var.split('/')
print(var_split[0])
print(var_split[1])

Output:

Thomas
Male

answered May 11, 2018 at 13:24

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