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Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsWhat do the forward slahes in code do
So I looked up how to remove punctuation from a ruby string, and it looks like string.gsub(/[^a-zA-Z ]/, '') was the magic ticket, the thing I don't understand is what role the two foward slashes play in this role, as I found this online and played around with it and it seems that everything was centered around them being there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Charles Massry
12,253 PointsThis is called regular expression. Basically it searches for a string containing specific letters and characters. Regular expression
Rob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsRob Bridges
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,467 PointsThanks!