'Use a cheatsheat' and 'just use split/cut' are recommendations for how not to learn regular expressions. Regex is one of those things that need a solid base u

'Use a cheatsheat' and 'just use split/cut' are recommendations for how not to learn regular expressions. Regex is one of those things that need a solid base understanding, or you'll always hit things that will baffle and frustrate you as a programmer. Using split/cut is fine for a small subset of what regex can do, but I often hear that advice from people who also hate regex. If the goal is to like regex, read 'Mastering Regular Expressions'.