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'use strict'
;
// Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web
// /JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp
/*
. - single char
x? - optional or non-greedy
x+ - 1 or more times
x* - 0 or more times
() - group $1...$9
[] - chars
\x - escape x
^x - line begin or negated expr
x$ - line end
x|y - either x or y
*/
const
rx1
=
/
a
b
c
/
;
console
.
log
(
'Do you know abc?'
.
match
(
rx1
)
)
;
const
rx2
=
new
RegExp
(
'abc'
)
;
console
.
log
(
'Do you know abc?'
.
match
(
rx2
)
)
;
const
rx3
=
/
[
a
-
z
]
+
a
[
a
-
z
]
+
/
g
;
const
st3
=
'A man can die but once'
;
console
.
log
(
st3
.
match
(
rx3
)
)
;
const
rx4
=
/
\s
g
\w
*
/
g
;
const
st4
=
'Some are born great, '
+
'some achieve greatness, '
+
'and some have greatness thrust upon them.'
;
console
.
log
(
st4
.
match
(
rx4
)
)
;
const
rx5
=
/
.
u
..
/
g
;
const
st5
=
'— Such much? — For whom how'
;
console
.
log
(
st5
.
match
(
rx5
)
)
;
const
rx6
=
/
\w
{
3
,
5
}
/
g
;
const
st6
=
'— MGIMO finished? — Ask?!'
;
console
.
log
(
st6
.
match
(
rx6
)
)
;
const
rx7
=
/
[
^
l
]
/
g
;
const
st7
=
'Nothing will come of nothing'
;
console
.
log
(
st7
.
match
(
rx7
)
)
;
const
rx8
=
/
^
\+
?
\d
{
12
}
$
/
;
const
st8
=
'+380661234567'
;
console
.
log
(
st8
.
match
(
rx8
)
)
;
const
rx9
=
/
[
0
-
9
]
+
(
h
o
u
r
s
|
d
a
y
s
)
/
g
;
const
st9
=
'5 days'
;
console
.
log
(
st9
.
match
(
rx9
)
)
;
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