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raise error("bad character range")
sre_constants.error: bad character range
import re
import json
import requests
def stock_lookup(name):
url = "http://autoc.finance.yahoo.com/autoc?query={0}&callback=YAHOO.Finance.SymbolSuggest.ssCallback".format(name)
response = requets.get(url)
match = re.match("YAHOO.Finance.SymbolSuggest.ssCallback\((.*?)\)",data)
json_data = json.loads(match.group(1))
return json_data
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AtomLaw commented Jun 17, 2015

Line 11, where did you declares the data argument?

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