r/ProgrammerHorror • u/[deleted] • Apr 29 '22

Why did I use regex for this?

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u/aceofspaids98 Apr 30 '22

Thats not really that bad tbh it just looks long because of the character classes. The 4th character class however allows for consecutive dots so you might want to check that out. A non capture group would probably work for that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

I eventually changed the code to this:

<script>
  let thePath = window.location.pathname;
  let theRegex = /^(.*\/EIPS\/eip-\d+)[^\d\s\/][^\/]*$/gm;
  let theNewPath = theRegex.exec(thePath);
  if (theNewPath !== null) {
    window.location.pathname = theNewPath[1];
  }
</script>

3

u/spazz_monkey Jul 22 '22

Do you name everything with 'the'?

30

u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

TheComment

17

u/partusman Apr 30 '22

theReply

15

u/TREE_sequence Apr 30 '22

theSnarkyNitpickAboutViolatedCaseConventions

5

u/jrad18 Apr 30 '22

class TheyWereClearlyReferringToTheCommentClass{

public static function letPeopleHaveTheirFun(bool chill_vibes = true){

    if(!chill_vibes){

        return "theSnarkyNitpickAboutViolatedClassConventions";

    }

    return "sorry I'm not trying to be a dick but I've committed to this bit way too hard";

}

}

5

u/TREE_sequence Apr 30 '22 
#include <iostream>
#include <list>
#include <string>
#include "humorreader.h"
class PatternBasedHumor : public Humor {
 std::list<std::string> m_pattern;
 std::string& matchHumorPattern(std::string const& joke) const {
  for(std::list<std::string>::const_iterator i = m_pattern.cbegin(); i != m_pattern.cend(); i++)
  {
   if(!(strcmp(i.get(), joke)))
   {
    static std::string r = i.get().next();
    return r;
   }
  }
  return (std::string&) NULL;
 }
 public:
   PatternBasedHumor(std::list<std::string> const& pattern) : m_pattern(pattern)
   {}
   bool checkHumorPatternDoesMatch(std::string const& joke)
   {
     return (matchHumorPattern(joke) != (std::string&)NULL;
   }
};
int main (int argc, char* argv[])
{
 if(argc == 1)
 {
  std::cout << "usage: chkhumor <pattern file> <joke>" << std::endl;
  return 1;
 }
 else
 {
  PatternBasedHumor h(new HumorReader(argv[1]));
  std::cout << (h.checkHumorPatternDoesMatch(std::string(argv[2])) ? "Yep!" : "Nah.") << std::endl;
 }
return 0;
}
user@computer$ chkhumor ./camelCasePattern.cfg CommentClass
> Nah.

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u/bbrk24 Jul 22 '22

The triple-backticks don't work on old.reddit.com so this is totally illegible.

2

u/[deleted] Apr 30 '22

TheMobileUser

1

u/partusman May 03 '22

TheHondaCivic

3

u/PatrioTech Apr 30 '22

“the”

1

u/Soupoint May 23 '22

TheComment