freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/07-scientific-computing-with-python/python-for-everybody/regular-expressions.md

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id: 5e7b9f0b0b6c005b0e76f06e
title: Regular Expressions
challengeType: 11
videoId: Yud_COr6pZo
dashedName: regular-expressions
---

# --question--

## --text--

Which regex matches only a white space character?

## --answers--

\\S

---

\\s

---

.

---

\_

---

\\.

## --video-solution--

2
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fix: rename titles for better UX 2020-04-21 23:37:02 -05:00			`title: Regular Expressions`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`challengeType: 11`
			`videoId: Yud_COr6pZo`
feat(curriculum): restore seed + solution to Chinese (#40683) * feat(tools): add seed/solution restore script * chore(curriculum): remove empty sections' markers * chore(curriculum): add seed + solution to Chinese * chore: remove old formatter * fix: update getChallenges parse translated challenges separately, without reference to the source * chore(curriculum): add dashedName to English * chore(curriculum): add dashedName to Chinese * refactor: remove unused challenge property 'name' * fix: relax dashedName requirement * fix: stray tag Remove stray `pre` tag from challenge file. Signed-off-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: nhcarrigan <nhcarrigan@gmail.com> 2021-01-13 03:31:00 +01:00			`dashedName: regular-expressions`
feat(learn): add python video challenges (#38424) 2020-04-06 14:49:56 -04:00			`---`

Feat: add new Markdown parser (#39800) and change all the challenges to new `md` format. 2020-11-27 19:02:05 +01:00			`# --question--`

			`## --text--`

			`Which regex matches only a white space character?`

			`## --answers--`

			`\\S`

			`---`

			`\\s`

			`---`

			`.`

			`---`

			`\_`

			`---`

			`\\.`

			`## --video-solution--`

			`2`