The [a-z]* does not match *The*, just *he* (#8)

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dandanio 2017-07-25 20:28:17 -04:00 committed by Zeeshan Ahmed
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@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ of preceding lowercase character `a`. But if it appears after a character set or
character set. For example the regular expression `[a-z]*` means: any number of lowercase letters in a row.
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"[a-z]*" => <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>The</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>car</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>parked</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>in</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>the</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>garage</strong></a> #21.
"[a-z]*" => T<a href="#learn-regex"><strong>he</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>car</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>parked</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>in</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>the</strong></a> <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>garage</strong></a> #21.
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The `*` symbol can be used with the meta character `.` to match any string of characters `.*`. The `*` symbol can be used with the