Matching {x, y} Repetitions – HackerRank Solution

In this post, we will solve Matching {x, y} Repetitions HackerRank Solution. This problem (Matching {x, y} Repetitions) is a part of HackerRank Regex series.

Objective

{x, y}
The {x,y} tool will match between x and y (both inclusive) repetitions of character/character class/group.

For Example:

w{3,5} : It will match the character w 34 or 5 times.
[xyz]{5,} : It will match the character xy or z 5 or more times.
\d{1, 4} : It will match any digits 1, 23, or 4 times.

Task

You have a test string S.
Your task is to write a regex that will match S using the following conditions:

  • S should begin with 1 or 2 digits.
  • After that, S should have 3 or more letters (both lowercase and uppercase).
  • Then S should end with up to 3. symbol(s). You can end with 0 to 3. symbol(s), inclusively.

Note

This is a regex only challenge. You are not required to write any code.
You have to fill the regex pattern in the blank (_________).

Solution – Matching {x, y} Repetitions – HackerRank Solution

Python

Regex_Pattern = r'^\d{1,2}[a-zA-Z]{3,}\.{0,3}$' # Do not delete 'r'.


import re

print(str(bool(re.search(Regex_Pattern, input()))).lower())

Note: This problem (Matching {x, y} Repetitions) is generated by HackerRank but the solution is provided by CodingBroz. This tutorial is only for Educational and Learning purpose.

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