Match Characters that Occur Zero or More Times

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Find Characters with Lazy Matching3:17

Match Characters that Occur Zero or More Times

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Find Characters with Lazy Matching3:17

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let soccerWord = "gooooooooal!";
let gPhrase = "gut feeling";
let oPhrase = "over the moon";
let goRegex = /go*/;
soccerWord.match(goRegex); // Returns ["goooooooo"]
gPhrase.match(goRegex); // Returns ["g"]
oPhrase.match(goRegex); // Returns null

let chewieQuote = "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!";
let chewieRegex = /change/; // Change this line
let result = chewieQuote.match(chewieRegex);

let soccerWord = "gooooooooal!";

let gPhrase = "gut feeling";

let oPhrase = "over the moon";

let goRegex = /go*/;

soccerWord.match(goRegex); // Returns ["goooooooo"]

gPhrase.match(goRegex); // Returns ["g"]

oPhrase.match(goRegex); // Returns null

let chewieQuote = "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!";

let chewieRegex = /change/; // Change this line

let result = chewieQuote.match(chewieRegex);

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