From 530f4387ba8ffc3a980263470a3970cf62afd212 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chandan Rai Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 05:58:57 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] corrected typos (#6) --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 24bfa91..865c1be 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ We use the following regular expression to validate a username: Regular expression

-Above regular expression can accepts the strings `john_doe`, `jo-hn\_doe` and `john12\_as`. It does not match `Jo` because that string +Above regular expression can accept the strings `john_doe`, `jo-hn\_doe` and `john12\_as`. It does not match `Jo` because that string contains uppercase letter and also it is too short. ## Table of Contents @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ expression `[f|c|m]at\.?` means: lowercase letter `f`, `c` or `m`, followed by l ## 2.8 Anchors -In regular expression to check if the matching symbol is the starting symbol or endnig symbol of the input string for this purpose +In regular expression to check if the matching symbol is the starting symbol or ending symbol of the input string for this purpose we use anchors. Anchors are of two types: First type is Caret `^` that check if the matching character is the start character of the input and the second type is Dollar `$` that checks if matching character is the last character of the input string. @@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ are after not after the word `The` or `the`. ## 5. Flags -Flags are also called modifiers because they modifies the output of a regular expression. These flags can be used in any order or +Flags are also called modifiers because they modify the output of a regular expression. These flags can be used in any order or combination, and are an integral part of the RegExp. |Flag|Description| @@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ string. ### 5.3 Multiline The `m` modifier is used to perform a multi line match. As we discussed earlier anchors `(^, $)` are used to check if pattern is -the beginning of the input or end fo the input string. But if we want that anchors works on each line we use `m` flag. For example the +the beginning of the input or end of the input string. But if we want that anchors works on each line we use `m` flag. For example the regular expression `/at(.)?$/gm` means: lowercase character `a`, followed by lowercase character `t`, optionally anything except new -line. And beacause of `m` flag now regular expression engine matches pattern at the end of each line in a string. +line. And because of `m` flag now regular expression engine matches pattern at the end of each line in a string. 
 "/.at(.)?$/" => The fat