The difference between "*" and "+" when it's in the Match case?

I tried to change the “*” to “+” , it turns out that the first result doesn’t change while the second changes, anybody can tell me the difference between them, thanks!

Your code so far


// Only change code below this line
let chewieQuote = "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrgh!";
let chewieRegex = /Aa*/; // Change this line
// Only change code above this line

let result = chewieQuote.match(chewieRegex);

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Challenge: Match Characters that Occur Zero or More Times

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* looks for zero or more matches, + looks for one or more matches. So if you used /a*A+a+/ you would still match Aaaaa because even though it starts with a lowercase a, it ignores it and moves on to A which it needs to find at least one of, then a which it would also need to find one of.

If you don’t already i recommend using https://regex101.com/ to mess around and learn about regular expressions.

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Thanks so much, I’ve already know the difference between the “*” and “+”, and the website you provided is wonderful, have a good day!

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