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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change 1+ ---
2+ layout: step
3+ title: Start and End
4+ lang: en
5+ ---
6+ < p >
7+ You can find lines in which the < span class ="regex "> a</ span > appears only twice or four times.
8+ </ p >
9+ < div class ="playfield ">
10+ < input type ="text " value ="" class ="regex " reference ="^aa$|^aaaa$ ">
11+ < div class ="message "> </ div >
12+ < ul class ="examples ">
13+ < li > a</ li >
14+ < li > aa</ li >
15+ < li > aaa</ li >
16+ < li > aaaa</ li >
17+ < li > aaaaa</ li >
18+ </ ul >
19+ </ div >
20+ < p class ="hint ">
21+ < span class ="regex "> ^aa|aaaa$</ span > does not work, because < span class ="regex "> ^aa</ span > matches < span class ="regex "> aaa</ span > .
22+ < span class ="regex "> aaa</ span > also starts with < span class ="regex "> aa</ span > .
23+ This is why both < span class ="regex "> ^</ span > and < span class ="regex "> $</ span > must be used twice in the expression.
24+ </ p >
25+
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