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Subject: Re: Screen scraper to get all 'a title' elements
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On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Regular expressions can handle any regular language just fine. They are
> commonly used to define the lexical tokens of a language.

Not sure about _defining_ them, but they're certainly often used to
_recognize_ them, eg in syntax highlighters.

ChrisA