Solution: Extract phone numbers
examples/regex/phone.py
import re filename = "phone.txt" with open(filename) as fh: for line in fh: match = re.search(r'''\b ( \d\d-\d{7} | \d\d\d-\d-\d{7} | \d\d-\d\d\d-\d\d\d\d )\b''', line, re.VERBOSE) if match: print(match.group(1))