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---
id: 587d7db8367417b2b2512ba1
title: Match All Non-Numbers
challengeType: 1
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
The last challenge showed how to search for digits using the shortcut <code>\d</code> with a lowercase <code>d</code>. You can also search for non-digits using a similar shortcut that uses an uppercase <code>D</code> instead.
The shortcut to look for non-digit characters is <code>\D</code>. This is equal to the character class <code>[^0-9]</code>, which looks for a single character that is not a number between zero and nine.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
Use the shorthand character class for non-digits <code>\D</code> to count how many non-digits are in movie titles.
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: Your regex should use the shortcut character to match non-digit characters
testString: assert(/\\D/.test(noNumRegex.source), 'Your regex should use the shortcut character to match non-digit characters');
- text: Your regex should use the global flag.
testString: assert(noNumRegex.global, 'Your regex should use the global flag.');
- text: Your regex should find no non-digits in <code>"9"</code>.
testString: assert("9".match(noNumRegex) == null, 'Your regex should find no non-digits in <code>"9"</code>.');
- text: Your regex should find 6 non-digits in <code>"Catch 22"</code>.
testString: assert("Catch 22".match(noNumRegex).length == 6, 'Your regex should find 6 non-digits in <code>"Catch 22"</code>.');
- text: Your regex should find 11 non-digits in <code>"101 Dalmatians"</code>.
testString: assert("101 Dalmatians".match(noNumRegex).length == 11, 'Your regex should find 11 non-digits in <code>"101 Dalmatians"</code>.');
- text: Your regex should find 15 non-digits in <code>"One, Two, Three"</code>.
testString: assert("One, Two, Three".match(noNumRegex).length == 15, 'Your regex should find 15 non-digits in <code>"One, Two, Three"</code>.');
- text: Your regex should find 12 non-digits in <code>"21 Jump Street"</code>.
testString: assert("21 Jump Street".match(noNumRegex).length == 12, 'Your regex should find 12 non-digits in <code>"21 Jump Street"</code>.');
- text: 'Your regex should find 17 non-digits in <code>"2001: A Space Odyssey"</code>.'
testString: 'assert("2001: A Space Odyssey".match(noNumRegex).length == 17, ''Your regex should find 17 non-digits in <code>"2001: A Space Odyssey"</code>.'');'
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
let numString = "Your sandwich will be $5.00";
let noNumRegex = /change/; // Change this line
let result = numString.match(noNumRegex).length;
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
let numString = "Your sandwich will be $5.00";
let noNumRegex = /\D/g; // Change this line
let result = numString.match(noNumRegex).length;
```
</section>