Working with Regular Expressions - What Are Capturing Groups and Backreferences, and How Do They Work?

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It’s very hard for me to understand these lecture videos because they’re too long and contain too much new information all at once.
This makes it difficult to memorize or summarize the content effectively.
It’s also the first time I’m facing this kind of difficulty since I started the curriculum.
I’m looking for a way to manage this better, and I’d also like to request shorter video lengths

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Working with Regular Expressions - What Are Capturing Groups and Backreferences, and How Do They Work?

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Hi @fish_99

There are also transcripts you can read at your own pace.
I think the staff are working on breaking down some of the lectures blocks into smaller chunks.

Regular expressions are a tougher part of JavaScript.
A good way to learn them is by using them in coding labs and projects.

Try searching the web for some beginner friendly guides or examples.

Happy coding

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In the legacy JavaScript course there is also section on regular expressions.

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I’ve found this website extremely helpful in building, using, troubleshooting and learning about regex: https://regex101.com/

To be fair, regex is a kind of thing that I easily forget and need to re-learn almost every time I use it.