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The true power of regular expressions (2012)
As someone who frequents the PHP tag on StackOverflow I pretty often see questions about how to parse some particular aspect of HTML using regular expressions. A common reply to such a question is:
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- 163
- HN comments
- 67
- Submissions
- 3
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- 6 commenters
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2018 | The true power of regular expressions (2012) by doomrobo | 163 | 38 |
| Jun 20, 2015 | The Power of PCRE Regular Expressions (2012) by doomrobo | 91 | 14 |
| May 27, 2013 | The true power of regular expression by RohitS5 | 77 | 15 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 6 Hacker News comments by 6 different people, from Aug 2013 to Sep 2016.
Most recent:
- jdnier · Sep 9, 2016
- falcolas · May 17, 2016
- hornetblack · Sep 24, 2014
- l-p · Sep 24, 2014
- JelteF · Aug 30, 2013
- TheZenPsycho · Aug 19, 2013
