Matching Anything But a Newline - Hacker Rank Solutions

dot

The dot (.) matches anything (except for a newline).

Note: If you want to match (.) in the test string, you need to escape the dot by using a slash \..
In Java, use \\. instead of \..

Task

You have a test string . 
Your task is to match the pattern , where each variable  can be any single character except the newline.

Note

This is a regex only challenge. You are not required to write any code. 
You only have to fill in the regex pattern in the blank (_________).

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Matching Anything But a Newline - Hacker Rank Solutions

Problem Tester's code :

regex_pattern = '^.{3}\\..{3}\\..{3}\\..{3}$'

the pattern explicitly and put  at the end of the regex to match the end of the input string:

regex_pattern = '...\....\....\....$'