Yeah, I know.  I was just being a bit flip.  If you need what it can do, 
you can hardly do without.  And sometimes you can find a way to format the 
regex string that makes it a lot more clear.

On Monday, August 17, 2020 at 12:19:13 PM UTC-4, Edward K. Ream wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:04 AM Thomas Passin <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> "When you use an regex to solve a problem, then you have another problem".
>>
>
> This aphorism is misleading. Believing it was one of the worst mistakes I 
> have made in my coding career. regex's are usually the simplest way to 
> detect patterns. The alternatives are often much worse.
>
> Edward
>

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