NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up1348arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1339arrow-down1external-linkOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldNateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square83linkfedilinkfile-text
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ <answer> Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM
minus-squareyrmp@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down8·2 years agoRegex should generally be avoided wherever possible.
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 years agoYeah but it’s just so tempting… It validates so many inputs so easily…
minus-squareyrmp@lemmy.worlddeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 years agoAnd misses others you didn’t think about.
minus-squaregwilikers@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYeah, I’ve found myself wasting quite a lot of time thinking of the ‘perfect regex’ for task X only to realise that I could have avoided doing so by simply taking a different approach.
Regex should generally be avoided wherever possible.
Yeah but it’s just so tempting… It validates so many inputs so easily…
And misses others you didn’t think about.
Yeah, I’ve found myself wasting quite a lot of time thinking of the ‘perfect regex’ for task X only to realise that I could have avoided doing so by simply taking a different approach.