::Regex aren't difficult to learn, it's just nobody teaches them as a language with a base syntax and words to use:: I couldn't agree more. because of lack of

::Regex aren't difficult to learn, it's just nobody teaches them as a language with a base syntax and words to use:: I couldn't agree more. because of lack of the "language" approach to them, their weird syntax, and the fact that the "verbose" mode for their definition is almost unknown, they come out as a sort of voodoo that only gurus can handle. Moreover, this results in tons of broken code in production. They're simple, beautiful and handy, but have an unfortunate historical load.