I once asked my friend: "Is there anything Regex can't do?" He replied: "Work the first time?" And that's how I always think of Regex now. It's an incredibly

I once asked my friend: "Is there anything Regex can't do?" He replied: "Work the first time?" And that's how I always think of Regex now. It's an incredibly powerful tool that I pull out pretty often, but if I'm doing anything beyond the most basic pattern matching I know I'm about to lose a bit of time questioning my abilities and sanity.