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Sir, Please Step Away from the Regex. When to Use Regular Expressions in Code.
Started by Rishabh Mishra (possible248) · 1 year ago
Introduction
Regular expressions are several things. They are:
powerful.
useful.
sometimes overkill.
A difficult part for beginning programmers is when to use a regular expression in code. Sometimes, whipping up something with string functions is a better idea. You’re a smart coder if you can tell the difference from ... Continue reading »
Regular expressions are several things. They are:
powerful.
useful.
sometimes overkill.
A difficult part for beginning programmers is when to use a regular expression in code. Sometimes, whipping up something with string functions is a better idea. You’re a smart coder if you can tell the difference from ... Continue reading »
5 months ago
/^3.+/ does not simply mean 'start with 3'. It means 'start with 3 and one or more additional characters'.
/^3.*/ is probably what you wanted.
+ means 'match the preceding element one or more times' whereas * means 'match the preceding element zero or more times'
5 months ago
My apologies for the obvious sloppiness in writing the post. Much thanks given to you. I have corrected the post to reflect this.