Practice Formal Definition And Syntax (recursive Construction) (3.8.1) - Non-Deterministic Finite Automata (NFA) and Regular Expressions
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Formal Definition and Syntax (Recursive Construction)

Practice - Formal Definition and Syntax (Recursive Construction)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does the regular expression represent?

💡 Hint: Think of it as having no possible options.

Question 2 Easy

Write a regular expression for a single character 'b'.

💡 Hint: It's simply the character itself.

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Question 1

What does the expression 'ϵ' represent?

The empty language
The empty string
A specific character

💡 Hint: Think about what the empty string actually includes.

Question 2

True or False: The expression a | b means match either 'a' or 'b'.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider if 'or' means one of the options.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Construct a regular expression that describes a string containing only the letters a to z, with lengths ranging from 1 to 5 characters.

💡 Hint: Consider using ranges to define the permissible characters and lengths.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a regex to match a valid email format: it must have an alphanumeric username followed by '@', then a domain.

💡 Hint: Think about components of emails and their general format.

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