/z+/
matches the letter z
when it appears one or more times in a row. It would find matches in all of the following strings:
"z"But it does not find matches in the following strings since there are no letter
"zzzzzz"
"ABCzzzz"
"zzzzABC"
"abczzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzabc"
z
characters:
""
"ABC"
"abcabc"
greedy
regex that finds one or more criminals within a group of other people. A criminal is represented by the capital letter C
.
one
criminal ("C
") in "C"
testString: assert('C'.match(reCriminals) && 'C'.match(reCriminals)[0] == 'C', 'Your regex should match one
criminal ("C
") in "C"
');
- text: Your regex should match two
criminals ("CC
") in "CC"
testString: assert('CC'.match(reCriminals) && 'CC'.match(reCriminals)[0] == 'CC', 'Your regex should match two
criminals ("CC
") in "CC"
');
- text: Your regex should match three
criminals ("CCC
") in "P1P5P4CCCP2P6P3"
testString: assert('P1P5P4CCCP2P6P3'.match(reCriminals) && 'P1P5P4CCCP2P6P3'.match(reCriminals)[0] == 'CCC', 'Your regex should match three
criminals ("CCC
") in "P1P5P4CCCP2P6P3"
');
- text: Your regex should match five
criminals ("CCCCC
") in "P6P2P7P4P5CCCCCP3P1"
testString: assert('P6P2P7P4P5CCCCCP3P1'.match(reCriminals) && 'P6P2P7P4P5CCCCCP3P1'.match(reCriminals)[0] == 'CCCCC', 'Your regex should match five
criminals ("CCCCC
") in "P6P2P7P4P5CCCCCP3P1"
');
- text: Your regex should not match any criminals in ""
testString: assert(!reCriminals.test(''), 'Your regex should not match any criminals in ""
');
- text: Your regex should not match any criminals in "P1P2P3"
testString: assert(!reCriminals.test('P1P2P3'), 'Your regex should not match any criminals in "P1P2P3"
');
- text: Your regex should match fifty
criminals ("CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
") in "P2P1P5P4CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCP3"
.
testString: assert('P2P1P5P4CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCP3'.match(reCriminals) && 'P2P1P5P4CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCP3'.match(reCriminals)[0] == "CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC", 'Your regex should match fifty
criminals ("CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
") in "P2P1P5P4CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCP3"
.');
```