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LPT: ChatGPT is incredible for generating and evaluating regex (self.programming)
submitted 1 year ago by BenLloydPearson to c/programming
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I have to use a ton of regex in my new job (plz save me), and I use ChatGPT for all of it. My job would be 10x harder if it wasn't for ChatGPT. It provides extremely detailed examples and warns you of situations where the regex may not perform as expected. Seriously, try it out.

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[โ€“] BenLloydPearson 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not that I'm incapable of evaluating regex, but rather the mental burden of evaluating complex regex statements and determining their purpose can be time-consuming. Why take 20 minutes to understand some regex when ChatGPT can do it in 20 seconds?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

A coworker once defined regex as a write-only language and he definitely had a point. I love regex but it can be time consuming figuring out exactly what a complex regex expression is doing.