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Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver
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Computational Thinking for the Modern Problem Solver

by David Riley, Kenny A. Hunt
March 2014
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
405 pages
12h 16m
English
Chapman and Hall/CRC
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e string literal “123-45-6789”, for example, follows the pattern that all
Social Security numbers must follow. e pattern of Social Security num-
bers is understood to be any 3 digits followed by a dash (-) followed by any
2 digits followed by a dash followed by any 4 digits. A string literal that
matches this pattern can be reasonably understood as a member of the
Social Security number family, whereas a string literal that does not match
this pattern is not a Social Security number.
In computer programming, patterns are known as regular expressions.
A regular expression denes ...
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ISBN: 9781466587793