Whats wrong with this code i keep getting a wrong answer on the phonenumber validator challange import re #your code goes here

Question

Pythoncore

Answer 1

Hello Mkhuliseni Sithole

Please show us your code.

Answer 2

import re
#your code goes here
num = input()
pattern = r"[1,8,9][0-9]{7}"

matCh = re.search(pattern,num)
if matCh:
print ("Valid")
else:
print("Invalid")

Dnt know if its visible to you

Answer 3

Mkhuliseni Sithole

The number need to start with 1, 8, or 9

to check the first character you need ^
"^a" would match every string which starts with a

() is for a group
| means or

^(1|8|9)

starts with 1 or 8 or 9

Now you only need to make sure that your number has 8 digits (not more not less)

https://www.programiz.com/JUMP_LINK__&&__python__&&__JUMP_LINK-programming/regex

Answer 4

Danke Maneer( Thank you very much) Denise