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    Assignment on Regular Expressions

    Regular expressions (regex) are powerful tools used to define search patterns in strings. They
    play a significant role in fields like compiler design, data validation, and text processing. With
    regex, complex patterns of text can be matched, verified, or extracted with efficiency. This
    assignment explores different regular expressions, focusing on their interpretations and
    construction to match specific language requirements.

    1. Languages of Given Regular Expressions (Detailed Answers)


    For each of these regular expressions, we’ll analyze the structure and provide multiple
    examples to show what kinds of strings they accept.

    a. Language of (ab∗)+c?(ab*)+c?(ab∗)+c?

    • Explanation:

    • The regular expression has three main parts:


    • ab*: Represents a sequence where an 'a' is followed by zero or more 'b's.

    • (ab*)+: Requires at least one occurrence of the pattern ab*, but allows
    multiple such occurrences.

    • c?: Allows an optional 'c' at the end of the string.

    • Together, this expression describes a language that includes strings with one or
    more instances of "a" followed by zero or more "b"s, with an optional "c" at the
    end.

    • Examples of Matching Strings:

    • "a", "ab", "abb", "abab", "ababb", "aabbc", "ababbc"

    b. Language of (1∗0+1?0)(1*0+1?0)(1∗0+1?0)

    • Explanation:

    • This regular expression is composed as follows:

    • 1*: Zero or more '1's.

    • 0+: One or more '0's.

    • 1?: An optional '1'.

    • 0: Ends with a single '0'.

    • The expression generates strings that start with zero or more '1's, followed by
    one or more '0's, may or may not include an additional '1', and always end in '0'.

    • Examples of Matching Strings:

    • "00", "100", "11100", "1010", "1100"


    c. Language of (ab∗)bb(ab)+(ab*)bb(ab)+(ab∗)bb(ab)+

    • Explanation:

    • This expression includes:

    • ab*: An 'a' followed by zero or more 'b's.

    • bb: Requires exactly two 'b's in sequence.

    • (ab)+: One or more occurrences of the substring "ab".

    • The language represented here consists of strings that start with 'a' followed by
    zero or more 'b's, have a "bb" sequence, and end with one or more "ab"
    sequences.

    • Examples of Matching Strings:

    • "abbab", "abbbab", "aabbbab", "abbbabab", "abbabab"

    2. Regular Expressions for Given Languages (Detailed Answers)


    Each language description is translated into a regular expression along with examples and
    explanations.

    a. All strings generated by 0∗(10∗)∗0*(10*)*0∗(10∗)∗

    • Regular Expression: 0∗(10∗)∗0*(10*)*0∗(10∗)∗

    • Explanation:

    • This expression represents any number of '0's, followed by groups of '1'


    optionally followed by any number of '0's.

    • Examples of Matching Strings:

    • "0", "10", "001", "100", "0010", "1100"

    b. Set of all strings with zero or more instances of 'a' or 'b', starting with "aa" and ending
    with "bb".

    • Regular Expression: aa(a∣b)∗bbaa(a|b)*bbaa(a∣b)∗bb

    • Explanation:

    • "aa" is required at the start, "bb" is required at the end, and any combination of 'a'
    or 'b' characters (including none) can appear in between.

    • Examples of Matching Strings:

    • "aabb", "aababb", "aaabbb", "aabbaabb", "aaaabb"

    c. All strings of 'a's and 'b's that do not contain the subsequence "abb".
    • Regular Expression: This pattern is more challenging, as we’re looking to exclude
    "abb". One approach is:

    • (a|b)*a(b|a)*

    • Explanation:

    • This regular expression allows strings with 'a' and 'b' that do not contain
    "abb" in any sequence.

    3. Regular Expression for a Valid Email Address (Detailed Explanation)


    • Regular Expression: [a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}

    • Explanation:

    • This regular expression captures most valid email addresses by allowing


    alphanumeric characters and certain symbols before the "@", followed by a
    domain and a top-level domain with at least two letters.

    • Examples of Matching Email Addresses:

    • "[email protected]", "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]

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