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Re: Whittle it on down

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Date Wed, 04 May 2016 23:46:06 -0700
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On Wed, May 4, 2016, at 11:04 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Start by writing a function or a regex that will distinguish strings that 
> match your conditions from those that don't. A regex might be faster, but 
> here's a function version.
> ... snip ...

Yikes. I'm all for the idea that one shouldn't go to regex when Python's
powerful string type can answer the problem more clearly, but this seems
to go out of its way to do otherwise.

I don't even care about faster: Its overly complicated. Sometimes a
regular expression really is the clearest way to solve a problem.

-- 
Stephen Hansen
  m e @ i x o k a i . i o

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Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 00:58 -0400
  Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-04 22:39 -0700
    Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 08:44 -0400
    Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 19:31 -0400
      Re: Whittle it on down Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-05-06 09:45 +0200
        Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-06 09:58 -0400
          Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-06 10:41 -0400
            Re: Whittle it on down Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-05-06 17:44 +0200
              Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-06 18:43 -0400
      Re: Whittle it on down alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-05-06 10:01 +0000
  Re: Whittle it on down Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-05-05 08:53 +0300
    Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 08:57 -0400
  Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-05 16:04 +1000
    Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-04 23:46 -0700
      Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-05 17:04 +1000
        Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-05 00:34 -0700
          Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-05 18:41 +1000
            Re: Whittle it on down Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-05 09:13 -0400
              Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 03:13 +1000
      Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-05 17:36 +1000
        Re: Whittle it on down Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-05-05 10:17 +0200
          Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 01:39 +1000
        Re: Whittle it on down Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-05 09:21 -0400
          Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 04:03 +1000
            Re: Whittle it on down Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-05 14:52 -0400
            Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-05 12:09 -0700
        Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-05 06:32 -0700
          Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 10:36 -0400
          Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 03:43 +1000
            Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-05 11:55 -0700
        Re: Whittle it on down Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-05-05 20:49 +0300
          Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 04:14 +1000
            Re: Whittle it on down Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-05-05 21:27 +0300
              Re: Whittle it on down Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-05 14:54 -0400
              Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 10:57 +1000
                Re: Whittle it on down Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-05-06 07:19 +0300
    Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 08:31 -0400
      Re: Whittle it on down Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-05-06 03:54 +1000
        Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 17:36 -0400
      Re: Whittle it on down Stephen Hansen <me+python@ixokai.io> - 2016-05-05 11:56 -0700
        Re: Whittle it on down DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-05 17:45 -0400

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