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In regular expression braces that are also called quantifiers are used to
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specify the number of times that a character or a group of characters can be
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repeated. For example, the regular expression `[0-9]{2,3}` means: Match at least
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2 digits but not more than 3 ( characters in the range of 0 to 9).
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2 digits but not more than 3 (characters in the range of 0 to 9).
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<pre>
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"[0-9]{2,3}" => The number was 9.<a href="#learn-regex"><strong>999</strong></a>7 but we rounded it off to <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>10</strong></a>.0.
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## 4. Lookaround
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Lookbehind and lookahead (also called lookaround) are specific types of
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***non-capturing groups*** (Used to match the pattern but not included in matching
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***non-capturing groups*** (used to match the pattern but not included in matching
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list). Lookarounds are used when we have the condition that this pattern is
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preceded or followed by another certain pattern. For example, we want to get all
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numbers that are preceded by `$` character from the following input string
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[Test the regular expression](https://regex101.com/r/E88WE2/1)
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## 6. Greedy vs lazy matching
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By default regex will do greedy matching , means it will match as long as
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possible. we can use `?` to match in lazy way means as short as possible
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By default regex will do greedy matching which means it will match as long as
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possible. We can use `?` to match in lazy way which means as short as possible.
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<pre>
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"/(.*at)/" => <a href="#learn-regex"><strong>The fat cat sat on the mat</strong></a>. </pre>
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