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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Splitting Strings

Sina Maleki
Sina Maleki
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Posted by Sina Maleki
Sina Maleki
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misunderstanding

Hi everyone, I don't understand why Craig use '+' character in regex?

Rana P
Rana P
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1 Answer

Jonathan Leon
Jonathan Leon
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Jonathan Leon
Jonathan Leon
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The plus character after the expression targets all of the type of characters you defined.

For example if he would not use [regex]+ and only [regex] on the text in the video, double spaces would not be targeted.