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fix: update guide hint to properly declare regex (#34625)

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Fred Battle
2018-12-12 15:48:22 -08:00
committed by Jingyi Ding
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guide/english/certifications/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions/reuse-patterns-using-capture-groups/index.md
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@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ let result = reRegex.test(testString);
```
`result` will match only `test test` because `\1` in this example stands for the same text as most recently matched by the 1st capturing group `(test)`.
If we were to lierally translate the regex, it would look something like this:
If we were to literally translate the regex, it would look something like this:
```js
let re = /(test)\s\1;
let literalRe = /test\stest;
let re = /(test)\s\1/;
let literalRe = /test\stest/;
```
Both `rea` and `literalRe` would match the same thing.