Reuse Patterns Using Capture Groups Solution

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:
Can anyone tell me why this isn’t the correct answer? It works fine on Regexr.

Your code so far


let repeatNum = "42 42 42";
let reRegex = /(\d+)(\s)\1\2\1/; // Change this line
let result = reRegex.test(repeatNum);

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions/reuse-patterns-using-capture-groups

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Your pattern fails on the requirement that the number be repeated only 3 times.

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