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id: 587d824d367417b2b2512c54
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title: Use Regular Expressions to Test a String
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challengeType: 2
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forumTopicId: 301608
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---
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## Description
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<section id='description'>
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As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on <a href="https://repl.it/github/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai">Repl.it</a>, or cloned from <a href='https://github.com/freeCodeCamp/boilerplate-mochachai/'>GitHub</a>.
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<code>match()</code> asserts that the actual value matches the second argument regular expression.
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</section>
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## Instructions
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<section id='instructions'>
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Use <code>assert.match()</code> or <code>assert.notMatch()</code> to make the tests pass.
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</section>
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## Tests
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<section id='tests'>
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```yml
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tests:
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- text: All tests should pass.
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testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=14').then(data => { assert.equal(data.state,'passed'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
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- text: You should choose the right assertion - match vs. notMatch.
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testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput(''url'') + ''/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=14'').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, ''match'', ''\''# name: John Doe, age: 35\'' matches the regex''); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
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- text: You should choose the right assertion - match vs. notMatch.
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testString: 'getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput(''url'') + ''/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=14'').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, ''notMatch'', ''\''# name: Paul Smith III, age: twenty-four\'' does not match the regex (the age must be numeric)''); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })'
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```
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</section>
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## Challenge Seed
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<section id='challengeSeed'>
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</section>
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## Solution
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<section id='solution'>
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```js
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/**
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Backend challenges don't need solutions,
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because they would need to be tested against a full working project.
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Please check our contributing guidelines to learn more.
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*/
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```
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</section>
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