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---
id: 587d7db3367417b2b2512b8f
title: Match Literal Strings
challengeType: 1
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
In the last challenge, you searched for the word <code>"Hello"</code> using the regular expression <code>/Hello/</code>. That regex searched for a literal match of the string <code>"Hello"</code>. Here's another example searching for a literal match of the string <code>"Kevin"</code>:
<blockquote>let testStr = "Hello, my name is Kevin.";<br>let testRegex = /Kevin/;<br>testRegex.test(testStr);<br>// Returns true</blockquote>
Any other forms of <code>"Kevin"</code> will not match. For example, the regex <code>/Kevin/</code> will not match <code>"kevin"</code> or <code>"KEVIN"</code>.
<blockquote>let wrongRegex = /kevin/;<br>wrongRegex.test(testStr);<br>// Returns false</blockquote>
A future challenge will show how to match those other forms as well.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
Complete the regex <code>waldoRegex</code> to find <code>"Waldo"</code> in the string <code>waldoIsHiding</code> with a literal match.
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: Your regex <code>waldoRegex</code> should find <code>"Waldo"</code>
testString: assert(waldoRegex.test(waldoIsHiding), 'Your regex <code>waldoRegex</code> should find <code>"Waldo"</code>');
- text: Your regex <code>waldoRegex</code> should not search for anything else.
testString: assert(!waldoRegex.test('Somewhere is hiding in this text.'), 'Your regex <code>waldoRegex</code> should not search for anything else.');
- text: You should perform a literal string match with your regex.
testString: assert(!/\/.*\/i/.test(code), 'You should perform a literal string match with your regex.');
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
let waldoIsHiding = "Somewhere Waldo is hiding in this text.";
let waldoRegex = /search/; // Change this line
let result = waldoRegex.test(waldoIsHiding);
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
let waldoIsHiding = "Somewhere Waldo is hiding in this text.";
let waldoRegex = /Waldo/; // Change this line
let result = waldoRegex.test(waldoIsHiding);
```
</section>