Write a regular expression over E={a,b} that generates the following language L={w\w has exactly 2 occurrences of a}. (Note the two occurrences of a can be anywhere in the string) (i) Give four different examples of strings of length six that belong to the above language.

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Write a regular expression over E={a,b} that generates the following language L={w]w has
exactly 2 occurrences of a}. (Note the two occurrences of a can be anywhere in the string)
(i) Give four different examples of strings of length six that belong to the above
language.
Transcribed Image Text:Write a regular expression over E={a,b} that generates the following language L={w]w has exactly 2 occurrences of a}. (Note the two occurrences of a can be anywhere in the string) (i) Give four different examples of strings of length six that belong to the above language.
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Regular expression over alphabet a and b where occurrence of a is exactly 2 times anywhere in

String is

 

(b)*a(b)*a(b)*

Here * means 1 or more occurrence.

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