Question

1. Create and test a python 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 1

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#code

import re

# pattern that matches a string with one or more digits followed by one space followed by one ore more 
# letters followed by a space followed by one ore more letters
pattern = "[0-9]+\s[A-Za-z]+\s[A-Za-z]+"

# creating a string containing multiple street addresses for testing
string = "123 Main Street is just around that road opposite to 455 Fifth Avenue. 85 Daimler St. is also there"

# finding and printing all street addresses found in string using pattern
print(re.findall(pattern, string))

#output

['123 Main Street', '455 Fifth Avenue', '85 Daimler St']