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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. New Slashot Section by Frankie70 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe we should have a new section for "Useful Stupid Tricks" on Slashdot.

  2. Re:How about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I actually like these. Nice little highly enriched concentrations of geekery on a single page. Think how long it might take to round up the sort of stuff that appears here by Googling.

    Turing word: insipid
    In a sentence: You find this page insipid but I find it inspiring.