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LPT: ChatGPT is incredible for generating and evaluating regex (programming.dev)
submitted 1 year ago by BenLloydPearson@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev
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I have to use a ton of regex in my new job (plz save me), and I use ChatGPT for all of it. My job would be 10x harder if it wasn't for ChatGPT. It provides extremely detailed examples and warns you of situations where the regex may not perform as expected. Seriously, try it out.

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[-] varsock@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago

it helps if you hold ChatGPTs hand and walk it through what you need. For example if you have a regex with 3 requirements, ask it to write a regex for the first requirement, then ask it to modify the previous output to add another requirement, and so on. that way you can sort of "audit" it as it generates the correct regex.

there is some more discussion of this in a similar post from a few days ago.

this post was submitted on 09 Jul 2023
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