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Identifying good comments

We learned about what characteristics make a 'good' comment. In this exercise, you'll apply this knowledge to identify a function that utilizes comment best practices.

This exercise is part of the course

Software Engineering Principles in Python

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Exercise instructions

  • print the text variable that has been pre-loaded into your environment.
  • print the result of calling the function with more useful commenting on text.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

import re

def extract_0(text):
    # match and extract dollar amounts from the text
    return re.findall(r'\$\d+\.\d\d', text)

def extract_1(text):
    # return all matches to regex pattern
    return re.findall(r'\$\d+\.\d\d', text)

# Print the text
____

# Print the results of the function with better commenting
print(____)
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