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 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/1da58297-6cee-41f1-acd5-c17798f08542o%40googlegroups.com.
