I have a strings like: 'I got 11 bananas yesterday'. I need to get the number of fruits and fruits themselves. For example, '11 bananas' from the string above.
My code is:
s1 = 'I got 11 oranges yesterday'
s2 = 'I got 11 bananas yesterday'
regex = re.compile('\d+ oranges|bananas|pencils')
results1 = re.findall(regex, s1) # returns [11 oranges], it's ok
results2 = re.findall(regex, s2) # returns [bananas], it's wrong
It finds what I need if the fruit's name is first in the list of possible fruits, but fails with the fruit inside the list.
Where's the mistake? My brain is broken
