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Re: negative regexes.

From	Helium Balloon <hb.3459s._jsf3k@goo.abvg>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: negative regexes.
Date	2011-01-29 21:11 -0500
Organization	Zorkmid Source
Message-ID	<ii2hcd$ls8$5@speranza.aioe.org> (permalink)
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On 29/01/2011 1:45 PM, Sherm Pendley wrote:
> Nougat Surprise<nsurprise@noway.nohow.invalid>  writes:
>> On 29/01/2011 1:05 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>> The general solution of having the programmer write readable code
>>> applies to regex as well.
>>>
>>> As was shown then your problem could be solved with very simple
>>> and readable regex.
>>
>> Easier said than done, when regex syntax resembles line noise.
>
> *Anything* resembles line noise if you don't speak the language.

Yes, but only perl and regexes continue to do so even when you do. :)

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Re: negative regexes. Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-01-29 13:05 -0500
  Re: negative regexes. Helium Balloon <hb.3459s._jsf3k@goo.abvg> - 2011-01-29 22:40 -0500
    Re: negative regexes. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-29 23:50 -0500
  Re: negative regexes. ClassCastException <zjkg3d9gj56@gmail.invalid> - 2011-01-29 22:07 +0000
  Re: negative regexes. Nougat Surprise <nsurprise@noway.nohow.invalid> - 2011-01-29 13:10 -0500
    Re: negative regexes. Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-01-29 22:11 -0500
    Re: negative regexes. Helium Balloon <hb.3459s._jsf3k@goo.abvg> - 2011-01-29 21:11 -0500
    Re: negative regexes. Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-01-29 13:26 -0500
      Re: negative regexes. Nougat Surprise <nsurprise@noway.nohow.invalid> - 2011-01-29 13:28 -0500
    Re: negative regexes. Sherm Pendley <sherm.pendley@gmail.com> - 2011-01-29 13:45 -0500

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