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Learn the 20% that you will use 80% of the time. If your not willing to do that your probably not serious about programming in the first place.
by smegel 14y ago
Learn the 20% that you will use 80% of the time. If your not willing to do that your probably not serious about programming in the first place.
- michaelcampbell 14y agoAmen to that. For reasons I can only guess at, I'm the "regex guy" at work. When people have a regex question they come to me. And the interesting thing is that the answers are not hard, well within the 20% area. I've found that most people don't care to learn how to use character classes, or even what they're for. For example, to match the single letter 'i', I've seen people write: [i] Many don't know the difference nor implications of .* ? vs .* And on and on. It amazes me that these people actually code for a living.
- itmag 14y agoLearning about the nongreedy modifier is IMHO a must when it comes to regexps. It makes them much more convenient to write.