Reuse Patterns Using Capture Groups

[hlhnicola]

Tell us what’s happening:
I double check my code by regex tester, it should be fine.
https://regex101.com/r/FS9KSe/1

Your code so far

let repeatNum = "42 42 42";
let reRegex = /(\d+)\s\1\s\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

[lynxlynxlynx]

@hlhnicola

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

Your regex should not match “42 42 42 42”

[AbdulMoiz]

In case anyone else arrives here, following link has the answer.
Reuse-patterns-using-capture-groups

[De-Bee]

All good but specify start and stop string match.

let reRegex = /^(\d+)\s\1\s\1$/;

[SiddharthaPand4]

Can you explain why it won’t work without specifying the start?

[lynxlynxlynx]

It matches both occurrences of “42 42 42”, eg.:
“42 42 42 42”
“42 42 42 42”

[De-Bee]

Sorry I am just responding to this. I want to believe that the explanation by @lynxlynxlynx does suffice. In summary, we want it to be able to search “the multiple” from end to end and when it exceeds thrice, it is not a match.

[hlhnicola]

but it did match all the requirements when I test it in that online regex app…

[hlhnicola]

/^(\d+)\s\1\s\1$/
this should be a correct answer but it doesn’t match any requirements online, what’s wrong with that?

[lynxlynxlynx]

You didn’t test it with “42 42 42 42”

And in the screenshot, your test text contains also the parentheses, which is why it doesn’t match.