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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前

what debugging regex feels like

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what debugging regex feels like

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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 年前
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  • Einar@lemm.ee
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    In case you don’t know this one yet:

    https://regexr.com/

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      Yeah there are a few tools like that. I actually like this approach myself, you write it in a human readable form and then it gets compiled into a regex https://github.com/cmccomb/human_regex

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    Worse: Debugging regex that needs to be passed as a string\.

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      I herd u liek escape characters so I escaped your escaped your escaped your escape characters.

      Insert obligatory \\\\\\\\Xzibit

  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    Now you’ve got 𒐂 problems.

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    You don’t use a regex generator/decoder? You actually tried to learn what that shit means??

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      Hey, there’s something magical about knowing what a negative look behind zero length assertion is.

      • spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I think I understand half of that without looking it up

        • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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          Warlock! Burn them!

      • CapriciousDay@lemmy.ml
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        Would-be regex compiler writers wince as they realise they can’t just implement a FSA 😢

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      Those regex crosswords ain’t gonna solve themselves…

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    Just learn some computer science and regexes will suddenly start making sense

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