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Challenge #4: Date Parsing

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Koji_B
8 - Asteroid

This is my solution

JoshuaGostick
12 - Quasar

My solution :)

PhilBalderson
8 - Asteroid

Did this using nasty regex. But it works! 

ConradW
8 - Asteroid

My solution to this challenge using regex parsing

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NilsM
8 - Asteroid
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my solution 

archietao
8 - Asteroid
 
Mac
7 - Meteor

That was fun trying out some RegEx. Probably didn't end up with the most efficient way to do it.

Karam
8 - Asteroid

My take on it 

Verakso
11 - Bolide

This was truly an advanced challenge.

 

I have studied some more on the RegEx tool, and with some struggling back and forth, I came up with this

 

 

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I clearly need to do some more about the RegEx skills, since it is really powerful to know, to do string matching.

I have matched my output with the provided solution, so I must assume it is right, but it was a though nut to crack

 

Br
/Thomas