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what debugging regex feels like (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/programmer_humor

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (16 children)

Never debug regex, just generate a new one. It's not worth the hassle to figure out not only what it does, but what it was meant to do.

Better yet, just write it out in code, and never use regex. Tis a stupid thing that never should have been made.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

Hard disagree. The function regex serves in programs like Notepad++ can't be easily replaced by "writing it out in code". With a very small number of characters you can get complex search patterns and capturing groups. It's hard to read but incredibly useful.

[–] kunaltyagi 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Can't upvote twice, have a low effort comment instead

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