freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/regular-expressions/match-single-character-with-multiple-possibilities.md

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--description--

You learned how to match literal patterns (/literal/) and wildcard character (/./). Those are the extremes of regular expressions, where one finds exact matches and the other matches everything. There are options that are a balance between the two extremes.

You can search for a literal pattern with some flexibility with character classes. Character classes allow you to define a group of characters you wish to match by placing them inside square ([ and ]) brackets.

For example, you want to match bag, big, and bug but not bog. You can create the regex /b[aiu]g/ to do this. The [aiu] is the character class that will only match the characters a, i, or u.

let bigStr = "big";
let bagStr = "bag";
let bugStr = "bug";
let bogStr = "bog";
let bgRegex = /b[aiu]g/;
bigStr.match(bgRegex);
bagStr.match(bgRegex);
bugStr.match(bgRegex);
bogStr.match(bgRegex);

In order, the four match calls would return the values ["big"], ["bag"], ["bug"], and null.

--instructions--

Use a character class with vowels (a, e, i, o, u) in your regex vowelRegex to find all the vowels in the string quoteSample.

Note: Be sure to match both upper- and lowercase vowels.

--hints--

You should find all 25 vowels.

assert(result.length == 25);

Your regex vowelRegex should use a character class.

assert(/\[.*\]/.test(vowelRegex.source));

Your regex vowelRegex should use the global flag.

assert(vowelRegex.flags.match(/g/).length == 1);

Your regex vowelRegex should use the case insensitive flag.

assert(vowelRegex.flags.match(/i/).length == 1);

Your regex should not match any consonants.

assert(!/[b-df-hj-np-tv-z]/gi.test(result.join()));

--seed--

--seed-contents--

let quoteSample = "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.";
let vowelRegex = /change/; // Change this line
let result = vowelRegex; // Change this line

--solutions--

let quoteSample = "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.";
let vowelRegex = /[aeiou]/gi; // Change this line
let result = quoteSample.match(vowelRegex); // Change this line