{{comicsrow|208|2007-01-10|Regular Expressions}}
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...ng language)|Lisp}} is a computer programming language with simple, highly regular syntax. The language's most notable feature is that programs take the same
...cumentation is essential to assist in the understanding of complex regular expressions. The title text claims that at some point, the documentation for quantum me
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...wledged language when it comes to the performance while evaluating regular expressions. The "PERL!" in the fifth panel is reminiscent of old superhero serials, pa
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#REDIRECT [[208: Regular Expressions]]
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#REDIRECT [[208: Regular Expressions]]
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...ntax is less consistent or perhaps due to his problems with [[1171|Regular expressions]]. What [[224|God]] has to say about Randall's renunciation of Perl has no
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In [[208: Regular Expressions]] [[Cueball]] saves the day by knowing {{w|regular expression}}s, although in the title text it is alluded to how easy these m
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...scripting language that makes heavy use of {{w|Regular expression|regular expressions}}, which are good for dealing with large amounts of text quickly. In the co
...me people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use regular expressions.' Now they have two problems." (This quote was revisited in [[1313: Regex G
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...if? (blog)|what if?]]'' article ''{{what if|78|T-rex Calories}}''. Regular expressions have been mentioned on xkcd in [[:Category:Regex|many other comics]].
..."{{w|grep}}" to find it. This tool uses regexes, implying that she needs a regular expression that would find any code that appears to be a regex golf generat
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Often parsing functions are written using {{w|Regular expression|regular expressions}} or in some other {{w|write-only language}} style. Parsing can be a diffic
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...tar) loves to help people using his specific knowledge (see [[208: Regular Expressions]]). But when the trick is "stupid", he would prefer the programmers to fix
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Most regular programming languages distinguish types, e.g. integers, strings, lists… a
...is often practical to allow some case mixing, since it can hugely simplify expressions. Variation and lack of a clearly more intuitive behaviour leads some langua
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....bash_history for the line with the highest ratio of special characters to regular alphanumeric characters, and the winner was: cat out.txt | grep -o "[[
...also in other syntactic constructs such as {{w|Regular expression|regular expressions}}. So, when several of these languages are used in conjunction, backslashes
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...with very large hair || Hairy's hair is maybe a little too wild to be the regular Hairy… || || || ||
...oney]] (though without glasses, but with eyes which Randall never draws in regular comics, so maybe glasses was added since Waldo should not be drawn without?
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...Other relevant comics include [[1171: Perl Problems]], where using regular expressions causes more problems than it solves, [[349: Success]], where [[Randall]] co
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...t string with a different text string using {{w|Regular expression|regular expressions}}.
...CH](text, regular_expression)''' ⇒ Whether a piece of text matches a regular expression.
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// The above regular expression is explained as follows:
[[208: Regular Expressions|Tap, tap, PERL!]]
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...ique that they claim will avoid these issues (a bit like in [[208: Regular Expressions]]). As they explain their techniques for properly coiling cables, they demo
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...otation_2x.png|first version]] of the comic. This is most commonly seen in regular mathematics as it somewhat saves space, and is easy to type with the slash
...n plain text, using a small set of precomposed fractions (⅔, ⅕, etc.), regular numerals and [https://unicode-explorer.com/c/2044 U+2044 FRACTION SLASH] (e
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