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On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 11:24 AM, rurpy--- via Python-list
<python-list@python.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at 4:05:06 PM UTC-7, Seymore4Head wrote:
>>[...]
>> I am still here, but I have to admit I am not picking up too much.
>
> The "take away" I recommend is: the folks here are often way
> overly negative regarding regular expressions and that you not
> ignore them, but take them with a BIG grain of salt and continue
> learning about and using regexs.
>
> You will find they are an indispensable tool, not just in Python
> programming but in many aspects of computer use.

The "take away" that I recommend is: Rurpy loves to argue in favour of
regular expressions, but as you can see from the other posts, there
are alternatives, which are often FAR superior.

ChrisA