Long sentences are long -- false
Long words are long -- true
Check to see if no word in this string is longer than 6 characters in a regex.
Most answers I've found online talk about checking the string length or a single word length.
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1As any other similar question it must come with a formal definition what a term "word" precisely means. – zerkms Nov 13 '19 at 23:22
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You don't need regex for this: `s.split(' ').some((w) => w.length > 6)` where `s` is the string you're testing against. – ctwheels Nov 14 '19 at 02:42
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1The answer marked as duplicate works for [tag:regex] tagged answers, but this can also be accomplished without regex (in javascript alone); unless a [tag:javascript] tagged question exists for the same (and it's added to the list of duplicates for this question), I think this should be reopened. – ctwheels Nov 14 '19 at 02:45
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What Tallboy said, but with a shorter Regex:
\S{6,}
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My Regex: 37 steps
Tallboy's Regex: 120 steps
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It's probably easier to see if theres any words more than 6 and then reverse it with !
!/(^| )\w{6,}( |$)/.test("Long sentences are long")
!/(^| )\w{6,}( |$)/.test("Long words are long")
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Updated the question. Meant to say to only check if no word is longer than 6 characters. – HellooooNewman Nov 13 '19 at 23:20
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Actually nevermind this will work just fine. Thanks, trying to improve my regex skills more. – HellooooNewman Nov 13 '19 at 23:24
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@Tallboy it looks like you don't need spaces around: just `\w{6}` would do the same. – zerkms Nov 13 '19 at 23:25
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