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const pattern = /[a].*/g //. any character, + any character one or more times
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const txt = 'Apple and banana are fruits'
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const matches = re.match(pattern)
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const matches = txt.match(pattern)
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console.log(matches) // ['and banana are fruits']
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@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ console.log(matches) // ['2019']
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```js
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const txt = 'This regular expression example was made in December 6, 2019.'
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const regex_pattern = /\d{1, 4}/g // 1 to 4
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const pattern = /\d{1,4}/g // 1 to 4
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const matches = txt.match(pattern)
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console.log(matches) // ['6', '2019']
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```
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const txt = 'This regular expression example was made in December 6, 2019.'
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const pattern = /^This/ // ^ means starts with
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const matches = txt.match(pattern)
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console.log(matches) / ['This']
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console.log(matches) // ['This']
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```
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- Negation
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const txt = 'This regular expression example was made in December 6, 2019.'
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const pattern = /[^A-Za-z,. ]+/g // ^ in set character means negation, not A to Z, not a to z, no space, no coma no period
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const matches = txt.match(pattern)
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console.log(matches) ["6", "2019"]
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console.log(matches) // ["6", "2019"]
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```
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### Exact match
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It should hav ^ starting and $ which is an end.
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It should have ^ starting and $ which is an end.
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```js
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let pattern = /^[A-Z][a-z]{3,12}$/;
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