I seem to have deleted part of the title. The article is titled >Regex For Noobs (like me!) - an illustrated guide So I am painfully aware that I'm a noob too

I seem to have deleted part of the title. The article is titled >Regex For Noobs (like me!) - an illustrated guide So I am painfully aware that I'm a noob too, I even call myself one! I wrote this little piece because I felt that regex can be kind of intimidating for a lot of people but that it's actually pretty OK and fun once you get the hang of it. To get people over that initial barrier is what I aim to do with the "guide".