ITPEC IP October 2021 Question 29

Source exam: ITPEC IP October 2021Topic: Software

ITPEC IP October 2021 — Question 29 of 100

Only string I, A.text, matches the wildcard expression. The expression requires an A somewhere, followed later by the literal sequence period, t, e, and then exactly two characters. In A.text, those final two characters are x and t.

Answer (a)

Why not others:
- AA.tex has only one character after the final t-e sequence

- B.Atex has no period after its A

- BA.Btext has a period after A, but B appears between that period and the required t-e sequence

Key rule: A question-mark wildcard matches exactly one character, while an asterisk wildcard can match any sequence, including an empty one.

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