in reply to Re^2: [code challenge] knights move
in thread [code challenge] knights move

A knight has eight moves, but only four are "forward", which is desired for the regexes. 

move  gap

  S
E..    1

S..
  E    5

 S
 .
E.     6

S
.
.E     8

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