cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52447554
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none of the meat of the regex shown, 0/10
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Why waste time doing any matching if wantarray == false? Just do:
if(!wantarray) { return 1; }
Before any matching happens, or if you only want one return statement set the value of a variable in if(!wantarray)/elsif(regex) and return that variable at the end.
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At least the cat is happy again now after getting adopted
I'll forever be sad trying to understand the regex I've written myself...
Doggy is not smiling but trying to lose heat. Doggy is the real regular expression
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*sees rfc822 in a regular expression*
I bet that's the email specification. That's probably an email address parser.
*checks*
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I never understood why are people scared of regular expressions. I love them and they can be quite usefull.
Here is an example of one regex I wrote recently - it is used in replace:
(?:^-\[[^[]+\]$| ?\[.+?\] ?)
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That third one is also sad
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Everyone loves perl though! /s
Why waste time doing any matching if wantarray == false? Just do:
if(!wantarray) { return 1; }
Before any matching happens, or if you only want one return statement set the value of a variable in if(!wantarray)/elsif(regex) and return that variable at the end.
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Perl being the first language I started learning, this makes me happy. Oh shit, press the button for the dog!
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Panting can also be a sign of stress with dogs
Practice safe hex as they say...
Top notch shitpost. Extra credit for perl!
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