freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Restrict Possible Usernames

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Restrict Possible Usernames

Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide) 
let username = "JackOfAllTrades";
let userCheck = /^[a-z][a-z]+\d*$|^[a-z]\d\d+$/i;
let result = userCheck.test(username);
console.log(result)

Code Explanation

  1. ^ - start of input
  2. [a-z] - first character is a letter
  3. [a-z]+ - following characters are letters
  4. \d*$ - input ends with 0 or more digits
  5. | - or
  6. ^[a-z] - first character is a letter
  7. \d\d+ - following characters are 2 or more digits
  8. $ - end of input
Solution 2 (Click to Show/Hide) 
let username = "JackOfAllTrades";
const userCheck = /^[a-z]([0-9]{2,}|[a-z]+\d*)$/i;
let result = userCheck.test(username);

Code Explanation

  1. ^ - start of input
  2. [a-z] - first character is a letter
  3. [0-9]{2,} - ends with two or more numbers
  4. | - or
  5. [a-z]+ - has one or more letters next
  6. \d* - and ends with zero or more numbers
  7. $ - end of input
  8. i - ignore case of input
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