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I am trying to write a regular expression which returns a three digit integer only. Not less than three or more than three. However my regex below is also true for four digit numbers. Am i missing something?

var threeDigits = /\d{3}$/

console.log(threeDigits.test("12"))// false
console.log(threeDigits.test("123"))// true
console.log(threeDigits.test("1234"))// true yet this is four digits???

I am trying to write a regular expression which returns a three digit integer only. Not less than three or more than three. However my regex below is also true for four digit numbers. Am i missing something?

var threeDigits = /\d{3}$/

console.log(threeDigits.test("12"))// false
console.log(threeDigits.test("123"))// true
console.log(threeDigits.test("1234"))// true yet this is four digits???

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• You should use ^\d{3}$ where ^ is for start of string. – Sahil Gulati Commented May 17, 2017 at 17:02

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You have the ending anchor $, but not the starting anchor ^:

var threeDigits = /^\d{3}$/

Without the anchor, the match can start anywhere in the string, e.g.

"1234".match(/\d{3}$/g)  // ["234"]

Use either one ^[0-9]{3}$ or ^\d{3}$ .

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