--description--
You saw how you can use character sets to specify a group of characters to match, but that's a lot of typing when you need to match a large range of characters (for example, every letter in the alphabet). Fortunately, there is a built-in feature that makes this short and simple.
Inside a character set, you can define a range of characters to match using a hyphen character: -
.
For example, to match lowercase letters a
through e
you would use [a-e]
.
let catStr = "cat";
let batStr = "bat";
let matStr = "mat";
let bgRegex = /[a-e]at/;
catStr.match(bgRegex);
batStr.match(bgRegex);
matStr.match(bgRegex);
In order, the three match
calls would return the values ["cat"]
, ["bat"]
, and null
.
--instructions--
Match all the letters in the string quoteSample
.
Note: Be sure to match both uppercase and lowercase letters.
--hints--
Your regex alphabetRegex
should match 35 items.
assert(result.length == 35);
Your regex alphabetRegex
should use the global flag.
assert(alphabetRegex.flags.match(/g/).length == 1);
Your regex alphabetRegex
should use the case insensitive flag.
assert(alphabetRegex.flags.match(/i/).length == 1);
--seed--
--seed-contents--
let quoteSample = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
let alphabetRegex = /change/; // Change this line
let result = alphabetRegex; // Change this line
--solutions--
let quoteSample = "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.";
let alphabetRegex = /[a-z]/gi; // Change this line
let result = quoteSample.match(alphabetRegex); // Change this line