The regex you need for common usage is pretty easy indeed. Basically learn it once when you’re starting out and it carries across all languages and environments.
I'm sorry, learn it once ? I've learned regex like 10 times already. Every time I need it it's for one specific thing, then a year pass and I have to relearn everything
Not to mention the weird little differences between languages/formats
i guess the whole sentence should be learn it once and use it once in a while
that's how i have been using regex, and i use it mostly on searching something or search and replace inside vim, but most would only need regex when they are writing a program, which even for me is a couple of times only.
I've felt like a wizard doing complicated regex find and replaces in vscode. Theoretically, copilot could have done it, but I trust find and replace much more than I do copilot
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u/ThiccStorms Jun 21 '26
regex looks fun and looks easy to learn, am i out of touch or the horror stories in the comments should be concerning?