Hi:
I don’t understand the numbering aspect of this, my logic was 3 repeats of \w+ and 2 repeats of \s. Or put another way, 3 numbers 2 spaces. But even then, my logic doesnt even make sense because how does it know that the first number specifies the repeat of the first capture group and the second number specifies the repeat of the secon capture group etc. Can anyone give an overview explanation? thanks.
Your code so far
let repeatNum = "42 42 42";
let reRegex = /(\w+)(\s)\3\2/; // 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