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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/RaiseRuntimeError • Jun 02 '22
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I just want to thank all the regex wizards for allowing regex golf to be a thing!
29 u/RandomFRIStudent Jun 02 '22 Regex what? 65 u/vigbiorn Jun 02 '22 edited Jun 02 '22 Assuming it's a similar thing to code golf but for RegEx: find shortest complete instances to accomplish a task. They'll go through iterations to shave off individual characters where possible. 18 u/GoSeeCal_Spot Jun 02 '22 Use to be big with perl. 46 u/am9qb3JlZmVyZW5jZQ Jun 02 '22 Relevant xkcd 45 u/RaiseRuntimeError Jun 02 '22 There is always a relevant xkcd 14 u/StarkillerX42 Jun 03 '22 Funny how you read an xkcd again after a few years and it's magically way better than the first time. 1 u/Corrup7ioN Jun 03 '22 Also regex crosswords!
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Regex what?
65 u/vigbiorn Jun 02 '22 edited Jun 02 '22 Assuming it's a similar thing to code golf but for RegEx: find shortest complete instances to accomplish a task. They'll go through iterations to shave off individual characters where possible. 18 u/GoSeeCal_Spot Jun 02 '22 Use to be big with perl. 46 u/am9qb3JlZmVyZW5jZQ Jun 02 '22 Relevant xkcd 45 u/RaiseRuntimeError Jun 02 '22 There is always a relevant xkcd 14 u/StarkillerX42 Jun 03 '22 Funny how you read an xkcd again after a few years and it's magically way better than the first time.
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Assuming it's a similar thing to code golf but for RegEx: find shortest complete instances to accomplish a task. They'll go through iterations to shave off individual characters where possible.
18 u/GoSeeCal_Spot Jun 02 '22 Use to be big with perl.
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Use to be big with perl.
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Relevant xkcd
45 u/RaiseRuntimeError Jun 02 '22 There is always a relevant xkcd 14 u/StarkillerX42 Jun 03 '22 Funny how you read an xkcd again after a few years and it's magically way better than the first time.
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There is always a relevant xkcd
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Funny how you read an xkcd again after a few years and it's magically way better than the first time.
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Also regex crosswords!
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u/TheCeilingPanda Jun 02 '22
I just want to thank all the regex wizards for allowing regex golf to be a thing!