diff --git a/challenges/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions.json b/challenges/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions.json index c9d9ea3272..c190e064da 100644 --- a/challenges/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions.json +++ b/challenges/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions.json @@ -356,7 +356,8 @@ "description": [ "Sometimes, you need to match a character (or group of characters) that appears one or more times in a row. This means it occurs at least once, and may be repeated.", "You can use the + character to check if that is the case. Remember, the character or pattern has to be present consecutively. That is, the character has to repeat one after the other.", - "For example, /a+/g would find one match in \"abc\" and return [\"a\"]. It would also find one match in \"aabc\" and return [\"aa\"]. If it were checking the string \"abab\", it would find two matches and return [\"a\", \"a\"] because the a characters are not in a row - there is a b between them. Finally, since there is no \"a\" in the string \"bcd\", it wouldn't find a match.", + "For example, /a+/g would find one match in \"abc\" and return [\"a\"]. Because of the +, it would also find a single match in \"aabc\" and return [\"aa\"].", + "If it were instead checking the string \"abab\", it would find two matches and return [\"a\", \"a\"] because the a characters are not in a row - there is a b between them. Finally, since there is no \"a\" in the string \"bcd\", it wouldn't find a match.", "
", "You want to find matches when the letter s occurs one or more times in \"Mississippi\". Write a regex that uses the + sign." ],