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Java Java Data Structures - Retired Organizing Data Splitting Strings

Posted by dlpuxdzztg
dlpuxdzztg
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\s vs. \w

Hello,

So we used '\w' to track/identify characters such as: #,@, and more. In the challenge however, we use '\s'. Can someone please explain the difference between the two?

Thanks!

1 Answer

Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points
Jeremy Hill
Jeremy Hill
29,567 Points

\s stands for white space and \w stands for a word character like: [a-z],[0-9],[A-Z]