Add solution using RegExp (#34294)

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John Mantas
2019-03-05 01:35:27 +02:00
committed by Randell Dawson
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@ -33,3 +33,31 @@ confirmEnding("He has to give me a new name", "name");
### Relevant Links
- [String.prototype.slice()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/slice)
# ![:rotating_light:](https://forum.freecodecamp.com/images/emoji/emoji_one/rotating_light.png?v=3 ":rotating_light:")Advanced Code Solution:
(using Regular Expression)
```javascript
function confirmEnding(str, target) {
// "Never give up and good luck will find you."
// -- Falcor
let re = new RegExp(target+'$','i');
return re.test(str);
}
console.log(confirmEnding("Bastian", "n"));
```
## Code Explanation:
- We need to make a pattern from the `target` variable that exists at the end of the string `str`.
- Since we will use a variable that will change the pattern each time the function is called, we will use the constructor of the regular expression object `new RegExp(pattern[, flags])`, so we start with: `new RegExp(target)`.
- Then we have to check at the end of the string, so we concatenate to the `target` variable the `$` character to match the end: `new RegExp(target+'$')`.
- We use the flag `i` to ignore the case of the pattern and we have our completed RegExp: `new RegExp(target+'$','i')`, or we can ommit the flag entirely.
- Finally, we are using our regular expression with the `test` method to the given string, to check if the string ends with the pattern and return true or false accordingly.
### Relevant Links
- [RegExp](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp)
- [RegExp.prototype.test()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/RegExp/test)