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@VegOwOtenks@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago

Regex flavors

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Regex flavors

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@VegOwOtenks@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.mlEnglish • 1 year ago
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  • @whodatdair@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Blasphemy, that’s not regex that’s just fancy grep

    • @VegOwOtenks@lemmy.worldOP
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      I don’t actually know whether POSIX grep would support named groups :o

      • qaz
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        Don’t have you have to use the -P flag?

        • @OmnislashIsACloudApp@lemmy.world
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          which is just perl mode

          • qaz
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            Yes, but perl mode has more features.

    • kubica
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      I don’t fully disagree but you are walking on a fine line…

    • @PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de
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      any idea what the re in grep stands for?

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