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(Useful) Stupid Regex Tricks?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hope-you-like-reading-lots-of-random-characters dept.

careysb writes to mention that in the same vein as '*nix tricks' and 'VIM tricks', it would be nice to see one on regular expressions and the programs that use them. What amazingly cool tricks have people discovered with respect to regular expressions in everyday life as a developer or power user?"

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  1. Regex Bill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why couldn't Bill try out his regular expressions?

    His mom wouldn't let him play with matches.

  2. Re:IP and Hardware addresses by rallymatte · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not only are you showing off with a lower member id than me, do you also have to come up with a cooler regexp than me?