Create a regular expression that matches three-letter words

 

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){
        var example:RegExp = /\b[a-z]{3}\b/g;
        var target:String = "This string has two three letter words";
        
        var result:Array;
        while ( ( result = example.exec( target ) ) != null ) {
          trace( result );
        }
    }
  }
}

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