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Create a global regular expression that matches three-letter words

 

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){
        var regex:RegExp = /\b[a-z]{3}\b/g;
        var sentence:String = "This string has two three letter words.";
        trace( sentence.search( regex ) );
        trace( regex.lastIndex );
        trace( sentence.search( regex ) );
    }
  }
}








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