Reg Expressions Puzzle Notes - savannahc502/SavC-TechJournal-SEC260 GitHub Wiki

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  • Attempting Puzzles 1-5

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Puzzle 1 Notes

  • E|S > E or S
  • [E-S]+ > Any of the letters between the range of E and S can occur one or more times

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Puzzle 2 Notes

  • Cool that both sides have different requirements!

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Puzzle 3 Notes

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  • Think about the hard requirements first (like H on the vertical) and go from there

Puzzle 4 Notes

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  • One again, look for the limitations first (how does the two different horizontal rules affect each other?

Puzzle 5 Notes

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  • Capital special characters mean that it CANNOT be that type
    • Reminder of the special characters:
      • Special characters:
        • \w --> word(letter)
        • \d --> digit
        • \s --> whitespace
          • Black = whitespace