NateNate60@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · edit-25 days agoOh boy what a beautiful regex. I'm sure it does something logical and easy to understand.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOh 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 · edit-25 days agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
^.?$|^(..+?)\1+$ <answer> Matches strings of any character repeated a non-prime number of times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbk0TwkokM
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoWhatever you do, don’t get in a time machine back to 1998 and become a Unix sysadmin.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoI was a sysadmin with some Linux usage in 1998, does that count?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 days agoI have to admit that using CL-PPCRE does not really help me understanding the regexp any better. But this may be because I deal with complex regexps for decades now, and I just read them.
Whatever you do, don’t get in a time machine back to 1998 and become a Unix sysadmin.
I was a sysadmin with some Linux usage in 1998, does that count?
I have to admit that using CL-PPCRE does not really help me understanding the regexp any better. But this may be because I deal with complex regexps for decades now, and I just read them.