John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
> Nick Maclaren wrote:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Mirco Wahab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > |>
> > |> Using complex regular expressions is like tank destruction
> > |> with contact charges glued on them. Only a few peo
Nick Maclaren wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Mirco Wahab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>
> |> Using complex regular expressions is like tank destruction
> |> with contact charges glued on them. Only a few people
> |> will even survive the first "usage", but survivors will
> |> then e
Nick Maclaren wrote:
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
> and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
> people actually use regular expressions for. Not the subject
> domain, but the construction of the regular expressions.
>
> I know about computer
Nick Maclaren a écrit :
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
> and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
> people actually use regular expressions for.
Usually, to obfuscate code. Sometimes for good reasons
Hu ? Ok, me get out >[]
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I work in print (book) production and i regularly use regular
expressions to parse .eps (encapsulated postscript) files for
incorrect specifications (8-bit vs. ASCII, etc), bad fonts and the
like. Just to ensure that what's been submitted to me will actually
end up on the page.
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Simon Brunning wrote:
> On 24 Aug 2007 10:58:46 GMT, Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
>> and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
>> people actually use regular expressions for.
>>
>
> http://xk
On 24 Aug 2007 10:58:46 GMT, Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
> and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
> people actually use regular expressions for.
http://xkcd.com/208/
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Cheers,
Simon B.
[EMAIL
Nick Maclaren wrote:
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
> and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
> people actually use regular expressions for.
Finding credit card numbers in files...among other things:
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/rtilley/publi
On Aug 24, 6:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
> I am interested in discovering what
> people actually use regular expressions for.
Hmm - let's see. I tend to use regular expressions when I am writing
code that needs to search through output to find certain patterns. I
also use them
On 2007-08-24, Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> people actually use regular expressions for. Not the subject
> domain, but the construction of the regular expressions.
This is easy.
I use RE for checking whether some input matches a certain pattern, and
optionally, to extract some speci
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mirco Wahab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|>
|> Using complex regular expressions is like tank destruction
|> with contact charges glued on them. Only a few people
|> will even survive the first "usage", but survivors will
|> then eventually be able to destroy almos
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
>and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
>people actually use regular expressions for. Not the subject
>domain, but the construction of t
Nick Maclaren wrote:
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
> and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
> people actually use regular expressions for. Not the subject
> domain, but the construction of the regular expressions.
After I figured out how t
Nick,
In "Mastering Regular Expressions" by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl your
question is answered in the first 6 chapters. Seriously, that's what
it takes. It's a really good book.
Cheers
Bert
On Aug 24, 12:58 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are
On 24 Aug 2007 10:58:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
>
>For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
>and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
>people actually use regular expressions for. Not the subject
>domain, but the construction of the
Nick Maclaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in comp.lang.perl.misc:
>
> For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
> and not terribly relevant,
Your reasons are relevant as a motivation for your readers to
answer such a broad question.
> I am interested in discovering what
> peopl
For reasons that I won't explain, as they are too complicated
and not terribly relevant, I am interested in discovering what
people actually use regular expressions for. Not the subject
domain, but the construction of the regular expressions.
I know about computer scientists and parsing, and I k
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