Im trying to provide aliases for #regex definitions so that humans would be able to understand things better scanning my coding.

However, an identifier as terse as `/[^\s\t_-\/\.=<>:]+/` becomes hideously long to describe in english descriptors.

Is there a midpoint reference or shorthand that could serve as a compromise?

I may just provide a vague numbered reference as a hack - but this obviously is ineligent and a recipe for bugs (should I label something else with the same nomenclature)

The Essential Guide to Regular Expressions for Data Scientists - KDnuggets https://www.kdnuggets.com/the-essential-guide-to-regular-expressions-for-data-scientists

Perl is not my favourite language, but I admit that its #regex syntax did a tonne of good for #programming.

We need a similar boost to the #bit twiddling syntax. I like the sensibility of C and Erlang bit-manipulation syntax.

Also, we geeks need to agree on how we clean up that politically induced mess that is the #timezone.

Mal eine Frage zu #Regex.

Eins hat ja immer mehrere Optionen, wie Regexen geschrieben werden können.

Wenn ich jetzt bspw. folgendes matchen will:

2025-04-03 09:45:52,731 INFO

Mach ich dann eher A oder B?

A: ^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}\s+[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2},[0-9]{3}\s{1}(?P<level>[A-Z]*)

B: [0-9-:,\s]*(?P<level>[A-Z]*)

Welche Variante ist denn schneller?
Was ist hier besser?

I'm really puzzled by notmuch's regexs. How the hell more inclusive search terms giving less matches? What am I doing wrong?

#PokemonGO does not have a good way to monitor friends' inactivity. Given that I keep hitting the friend limit I am trying to figure out a way to document. Try number current, I have a #python script running that reads a screen recording of scrolling through my friend list and runs ocr and #regEx to give me a snapshot of some stats. If I do this again in a week or three, anyone who hasn't changed has been identified as inactive. [This would be a better blog post than micro-blogging thread]

5 façons d'utiliser les #regex sous #Linux (et pourquoi elles sont essentielles)
https://www.zdnet.fr/pratique/5-facons-dutiliser-les-regex-sous-linux-et-pourquoi-elles-sont-essentielles-410918.htm

Hey, does anyone have recent experience with trying to get an LLM to make regexes for you? Does it work? I hate doing them but I suspect that's an area where I'd still need to be an expert to see that it isn't working.
#regex #LLM

Mal tief im Gehirn kramen, wie war das mit Regular Expressions? Finde alle "Seite [num]" in einem Text und ersetze sie durch <a href="base/[num]">Seite [num]</a>. Ob ich mal ChatGPT frage? #regex

My PhD student was still feeling uncomfortable with #regex, so I searched and found these awesome regex games that can help you improve your regex-fu and help you have some fun during your daily commute:

https://regexcrossword.com

https://www.the-regex-game.com/?level=integer

and this imho is more geared towards beginners:

https://regexone.com

Unlocking the Power of Regex in Linux: Essential Techniques for Developers

Regular expressions, or regex, are a powerful tool for developers working in Linux environments. This article explores five essential ways to leverage regex for file management, text editing, network ...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/unlocking-the-power-of-regex-in-linux-essential-techniques-for-developers

Pyparsing 3.2.2 cleans up a formerly internal-only utility method make_compressed_re(), and makes it part of the public API. Given a list of strings, it generates a regex to match those strings and only those (so no cheating like ".*").

Here are before/after expressions for matching chemical symbols.

When regex is harder than ancient scripts.

Revisiting Email Validation: The Evolution of Zod's Regex Approach

In the world of software development, the nuances of email validation often spark debates among engineers. Colin McDonnell's journey with Zod, a schema library, highlights the challenges of balancing ...

https://news.lavx.hu/article/revisiting-email-validation-the-evolution-of-zod-s-regex-approach

Teaching a young #dev the power of #regex

Not sure I'm doing him a favour. So much power, so hard to parse and a potentially endless time-sink.

Ich bin mitten in den Vorbereitungen für meinen #clt2025 Vortrag über #regex. Kleiner Spoiler: Es wird (wieder) ein Cheatsheet geben.