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[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 14 points 1 week ago

I can write a basic regex independently, but as soon as capture groups or positive/negative lookahead or lookbehind start popping up I'm back to the docs every time.

[-] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 11 points 1 week ago

Absolutely, the syntax is difficult to remember, but knowing about concepts like lookaheads etc. is already far beyond what "regex is line noise" coders will ever achieve.

[-] c10l@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

And there’s always regex101.com to help develop and test your expressions!

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