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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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
Just learn some computer science and regexes will suddenly start making sense
Worse: Debugging regex that needs to be passed as a string\.
I herd u liek escape characters so I escaped your escaped your escaped your escape characters.
Insert obligatory \\\\\\\\Xzibit
Now you’ve got 𒐂 problems.
You don’t use a regex generator/decoder? You actually tried to learn what that shit means??
Hey, there’s something magical about knowing what a negative look behind zero length assertion is.
Would-be regex compiler writers wince as they realise they can’t just implement a FSA 😢
I think I understand half of that without looking it up
Warlock! Burn them!
Those regex crosswords ain’t gonna solve themselves…