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Yes, Minister was the original series. Yes, Prime Minister was a follow-up after Jim Hacker is elected Prime Minister. The series is just a continuation and ju
by hnbear 4y ago
Yes, Minister was the original series.
Yes, Prime Minister was a follow-up after Jim Hacker is elected Prime Minister. The series is just a continuation and just as funny, or more so.
- derefr 4y agoI don't think the GP comment was asking a question in a parenthetical; rather, they were expressing the names of both shows together using regular-expression syntax.
- valarauko 4y agoMakes sense. In my case, I probably would have phrased it as a question myself, since I did watch them as a kid but honestly couldn't tell you which one of those I used to watch.
- Mordisquitos 4y agoTrue, though GP made a subtle mistake in not moving one space into the optional capture group. It should have been for example /Yes,( Prime)? Minister/, lest it were to match Yes, Prime Minister Yes, Minister
- InCityDreams 4y agoSource?
- waterhouse 4y agohttps://www.regular-expressions.info/optional.html#greedy https://www.regular-expressions.info/optional.html#greedy
- cletus 4y agoIt's true, it was regex-ish. I did actually think about the space and decided it didn't look nice. It should also be clear from context clues (ie having declared watching the show and quoting it, familiarity with the two show names could be inferred). Plus you don't need parentheses to insert a question mark: Yes, Prime? Minister Although if you're inclined to believe that's still regex the e is optional. Perhaps it would've been clearer as: Yes,{ Prime|} Minister rather than: Yes,( Prime)? Minister