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  • Patrick Thomas
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    Having a bit of trouble with this problem?

    Posted December 21, 2022 4:24pm by Patrick Thomas
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting Text

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  • karan Badhwar
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    What will be scope of $1 (stored string in parentheses)

    Posted January 16, 2022 12:51am by karan Badhwar
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Using Replace with Captured Groups

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  • karan Badhwar
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    How /(\d*)(\d{2})/ this works

    Posted January 16, 2022 12:28am by karan Badhwar
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Using Replace with Captured Groups

    1 Answer

  • Mel Rojo
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    Not sure how to solve this challenge

    Posted August 16, 2021 9:29am by Mel Rojo
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    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 4,699 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
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  • Muaaz Matwadia
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    Regex replace

    Posted April 7, 2021 5:33pm by Muaaz Matwadia
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    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,327 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting Text

    1 Answer

  • Dan Warren
    Dan Warren
    9,125 Points

    Regular Expressions in JavaScript Coding Challenge

    Posted August 5, 2020 7:57pm by Dan Warren
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    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting Text

    0 Answers

  • Begana Choi
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    why do we use /(\d*)(\d{2})/ instead of /(\d{2})(\d{2})/ in this video?

    Posted February 18, 2020 8:24am by Begana Choi
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Using Replace with Captured Groups

    1 Answer

  • Haardik Gupta
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    help replace

    Posted January 16, 2020 10:58am by Haardik Gupta
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    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,459 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting Text

    1 Answer

  • <noob />
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    understanding the reguler expression deeper from the video

    Posted January 7, 2020 9:32pm by <noob />
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    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • A Better Telephone Number Validator

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  • John Nguyen
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    \D allows for non-digit characters, meaning a-z would be allowed.

    Posted December 20, 2019 2:49pm by John Nguyen
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    Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 30,501 Points
    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • A Better Telephone Number Validator

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  • Lanai Lewis
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    I agree with the previously asked question. The regex in the video does not work in regexPal or in app.js

    Posted April 17, 2019 6:52pm by Lanai Lewis
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    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • A Better Telephone Number Validator

    3 Answers

  • David Aguirre
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    The regex used in the video is not working in any regex site.

    Posted March 17, 2019 2:21am by David Aguirre
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • A Better Telephone Number Validator

    1 Answer

  • Shengyi Li
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    I use the preview get the right output. But system show wrong. I have no clue. const newText = '$2，$1';

    Posted September 7, 2017 3:17pm by Shengyi Li
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting Text

    1 Answer

  • Brian Foley
    Brian Foley
    8,440 Points

    RegExp challenge question stuck

    Posted September 2, 2017 1:45pm by Brian Foley
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting Text

    5 Answers

  • Brian Foley
    Brian Foley
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    reformatting won't reformat :(

    Posted September 2, 2017 1:29pm by Brian Foley
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    • JavaScript
    • Regular Expressions in JavaScript
    • Reformatting User Input
    • Reformatting a Telephone Number

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