freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Match All Numbers

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Match All Numbers

Hints

Hint 1

  • A global flag will help you get through this challenge.

Hint 2

  • Try using a shorthand character for digits.

Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide) 
let numRegex = /\d/g;

Code Explanation

  • The \d shorthand character is a shortcut for [0-9], it search for any number between 0 and 9.
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My initial code for this was:

// Setup
var testString = "There are 3 cats but 4 dogs.";

// Only change code below this line.

var expression = /\d+4/g;  // Change this line
var expressionToNumbers = testString.match(expression).length;
// Only change code above this line

// This code counts the matches of expression in testString
var digitCount = testString.match(expression).length;

But I got issues with line #6. I just fixed it up now and came up with this:


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