tianmingzuo/checkMixedGroupingChars.js

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Check For Mixed Grouping of Characters: If you want to find either Penguin or Pumpkin in a string, you can use the following Regular Expression: /P(engu|umpk)in/g: let testStr = "Pumpkin"; let testRegex = /P(engu|umpk)in/g; testRegex.test(testStr); Fix the regex so that it checks for the names of Franklin Roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt in a case…

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checkMixedGroupingChars.js

	let myString = "Eleanor Roosevelt";
	let myRegex = /(Franklin ([A-Z]\. )?\|Eleanor ([A-Z]\. )?)Roosevelt/;
	let result = myRegex.test(myString);

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