curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-form-validation-by-building-a-calorie-counter/63bf461011fca327d3b60fa8.md
To match specific characters in a string, you can use Regular Expressions or "regex" for short.
Regex in JavaScript is indicated by a pattern wrapped in forward slashes. The following example will match the string literal "hello":
const regex = /hello/;
Declare a regex variable and assign it the value from the example above. In future steps, you will update this regex pattern to match specific characters needed for the calorie counter.
You should declare a regex variable.
assert.match(cleanInputString.toString(), /regex\s*=/);
Your regex variable should be set to the regular expression /hello/.
assert.match(cleanInputString.toString(), /regex\s*=\s*\/hello\//);
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
<title>Calorie Counter</title>
</head>
<body>
<main>
<h1>Calorie Counter</h1>
<div class="container">
<form id="calorie-counter">
<label for="budget">Budget</label>
<input
type="number"
min="0"
id="budget"
placeholder="Daily calorie budget"
required
/>
<fieldset id="breakfast">
<legend>Breakfast</legend>
<div class="input-container"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset id="lunch">
<legend>Lunch</legend>
<div class="input-container"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset id="dinner">
<legend>Dinner</legend>
<div class="input-container"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset id="snacks">
<legend>Snacks</legend>
<div class="input-container"></div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset id="exercise">
<legend>Exercise</legend>
<div class="input-container"></div>
</fieldset>
<div class="controls">
<span>
<label for="entry-dropdown">Add food or exercise:</label>
<select id="entry-dropdown" name="options">
<option value="breakfast" selected>Breakfast</option>
<option value="lunch">Lunch</option>
<option value="dinner">Dinner</option>
<option value="snacks">Snacks</option>
<option value="exercise">Exercise</option>
</select>
<button type="button" id="add-entry">Add Entry</button>
</span>
</div>
<div>
<button type="submit">
Calculate Remaining Calories
</button>
<button type="button" id="clear">Clear</button>
</div>
</form>
<div id="output" class="output hide"></div>
</div>
</main>
<script src="./script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
:root {
--light-grey: #f5f6f7;
--dark-blue: #0a0a23;
--fcc-blue: #1b1b32;
--light-yellow: #fecc4c;
--dark-yellow: #feac32;
--light-pink: #ffadad;
--dark-red: #850000;
--light-green: #acd157;
}
body {
font-family: "Lato", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
background-color: var(--fcc-blue);
color: var(--light-grey);
}
h1 {
text-align: center;
}
.container {
width: 90%;
max-width: 680px;
}
h1,
.container,
.output {
margin: 20px auto;
}
label,
legend {
font-weight: bold;
}
.input-container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
}
button {
cursor: pointer;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: var(--light-yellow);
border: 2px solid var(--dark-yellow);
}
button,
input,
select {
min-height: 24px;
color: var(--dark-blue);
}
fieldset,
label,
button,
input,
select {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.output {
border: 2px solid var(--light-grey);
padding: 10px;
text-align: center;
}
.hide {
display: none;
}
.output span {
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 1.2em;
}
.surplus {
color: var(--light-pink);
}
.deficit {
color: var(--light-green);
}
const calorieCounter = document.getElementById('calorie-counter');
const budgetNumberInput = document.getElementById('budget');
const entryDropdown = document.getElementById('entry-dropdown');
const addEntryButton = document.getElementById('add-entry');
const clearButton = document.getElementById('clear');
const output = document.getElementById('output');
let isError = false;
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function cleanInputString(str) {
}
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