JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Projects - Telephone Number Validator

JavaScript
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I’m finding that my regex2 and regex4 aren’t matching as they should. I think there’s a problem when matching the parentheses but I’m not sure why.

I’ve tried escaping the parentheses with a backslash as in my code below and have also tried writing just the parentheses in without using a backslash. Does anyone know why it isn’t matching correctly?

Your code so far

function telephoneCheck(str) {
  var newStr = str.replace(/\s/g, '');
  var regex2 = /[\(][0-9]{3}[\)][0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}/;
  var regex4 = /1[\(][0-9]{3}[\)][0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}/;
  var testStr = str.replace(/[^0-9]/g, '');

  var match2 = newStr.match(regex2);
  var match4 = newStr.match(regex4);

  console.log(newStr.match(regex2)) //returns null
  console.log(newStr.match(regex4)) //returns null

//test case
console.log(telephoneCheck("(555)-555-5555"));

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what is the test string you are using because for eg. the first regex2 matches (555)555-5555

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The problem is with your regex, specifically with the way you’re using the capture groups. The regex engine is trying to match the literal parentheses as well as the characters inside them.

To fix this, you can use non-capturing groups:

var regex2 = /[(][0-9]{3}[)][0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}/;
var regex4 = /1[(][0-9]{3}[)][0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}/;