Regular Expressions - Restrict Possible Usernames

**Tell us what’s happening: i dont see the difference using * or + at the end of solution
if any one can explain
thanks **
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let username = “JackOfAllTrades”;
let userCheck = /[1][a-z]+\d
$|[2]\d\d+$/i; // Change this line
let result = userCheck.test(username);
console.log(result);
*

let username = "JackOfAllTrades";
let userCheck = /^[a-z][a-z]+\d*$|^[a-z]\d\d+$/i; // Change this line
let result = userCheck.test(username);
console.log(result);
*/
let username = "JackOfAllTrades";
let userCheck = /^[a-z][a-z]+\d*$|^[a-z]\d\d+$/i;
let result = userCheck.test(username);
console.log(result)
*/ 

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Challenge: Regular Expressions - Restrict Possible Usernames

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  1. a-z ↩︎

  2. a-z ↩︎

I’m not sure I know which ‘solution’ you are referring to, but in general * means 0 or more and + means 1 or more

so if I write
a*b that will match
b
ab
aab
aaab

etc

but if I write
a+b it will not match b (but it will match ab etc )

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