Liam 
Can I regex filters?
it's occurred to me before that 'learning regex' is a solution that only emerges in my life whenever something has gone very wrong somewhere else
rgmerk@liamvhogan “now I have two problems” areas.
@rgmerk not quite 'forbidden knowledge', but like, say, autoelectrics, it's useful knowledge I'd rather not have to deal with
@liamvhogan as a pro, complicated regexes are sometimes fun intellectual exercises to write, but tortuous to read.
Rocketpilot@rgmerk @liamvhogan there’s an old saw that you’re not smart enough to debug the code you’re smart enough to write and I think that goes double for regex
Peter Barnes@rgmerk @liamvhogan It’s like obfuscated C, but without any effort involved.
(that said, I’ve always been pleased to have a problem that could be neatly solved by a DFA. The ugly ones are where you have to build a regex equivalent out of dirt and sticks)
(that said, I’ve always been pleased to have a problem that could be neatly solved by a DFA. The ugly ones are where you have to build a regex equivalent out of dirt and sticks)
Brad
Russell DegnanRegex is a godsend for badly formatted datasets.
All datasets are badly formatted for some applications.
The "very wrong" part of my life is working with data.
All datasets are badly formatted for some applications.
The "very wrong" part of my life is working with data.
@knottedpaths data: gateway drug to structures