Regular Expressions: Using the Test Method

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:

I am getting the following result when I try to pass the tests:
// running test
result is not defined
// tests completed

I have tried it in repl.it and it works as expected and returns true

Your code so far


let myString = "Hello, World!";
let myRegex = /Hello/;
myRegex.test(myString); // Change this line

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions/using-the-test-method

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Looks like the exercise expects the .test() output to be assigned to a result variable.

3

No, I think the result should be true because the word Hello is in myString.

I am getting the same error. It looks like result is not reading the actual test.

4

Keep note as to what is not working. The next one does work.

6

Thank you. I followed your advice, reset the challenge and tried again - I passed!

8

This is good:

let myString = “Hello, World!”;
let myRegex = /Hello/;
let result = myRegex.test(myString);

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