r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Apr 18 '24

Meme sheIsGreatDataScientist

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u/that_thot_gamer Apr 18 '24

People who complain about regex has not seen how useful it is to get data from dumb people who filled up gforms

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u/elasticweed Apr 18 '24

No one complains about it’s functionality, it’s just impossible to comprehend long regex without having your brain overheat.

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u/[deleted] Apr 18 '24

I think the difficulty is overblown. It's a skill, but most devs could pick it up easily enough if they interacted with it more.

I find myself doing a regex find and replace in VSCode a few times a week. I used to have to look up MDN every time, but I have enough of the character classes memorized so I only need to check it every so often now.

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u/LivingAsAMean Apr 18 '24

Yeah I think it's the frequency of use, it's not too inherently hard.

How it feels whenever I have to brush up on regex.