i honestly don't know if regex is stupid or if i'm stupid
`[a-zA-Z0-9]+` only matches the first character and the lets anything go? is that how it works??
@karen no. this is matching one or more alphanumeric chars.
@karen it only has to match the first one, the rest is optional (obviously). What the algorithm actually does depends on whether it tries to find the longest match, shortest match or something else.