Maybe this as a learning tool? I think it's much better to learn regex as is, no matter how ugly or terse you may or may not find it. It's pretty universal ac

Maybe this as a learning tool? I think it's much better to learn regex as is, no matter how ugly or terse you may or may not find it. It's pretty universal across languages ( with some annoying variations ). There's lots of online tools and programs that can help you decode or create regex, after a while it's not so hard to read/create. But also worth knowing a more comprehensive parsing tool or parsing techniques so you don't get too ambitious with regex :)