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i'm not sure if this puzzle is meant to be a joke, but it pretty much looks like it. things like (O|RM|HHM)* which means match anything. who the hell would eve
by leeoniya 13y ago
i'm not sure if this puzzle is meant to be a joke, but it pretty much looks like it.
things like (O|RM|HHM)* which means match anything. who the hell would every write (.)(.)(.) when even capturing those is pointless in a crossword.
meh, i say.
- markild 13y agoI'm not entirely sure what you are saying, but I actually find this puzzle quite interesting. (O|RM|HHM)* doesn't match "anything", but rather "nothing" or something quite specific. [0] There are multiple rows in the puzzle where things _can_ match anything, but they are pretty fast limited by the opposing row/column. [0]: http://www.regexper.com/#%28O|RM|HHM%29* http://www.regexper.com/#%28O|RM|HHM%29*
- leeoniya 13y agoyeah sorry, wrote that in a hurry. i meant, if it can match nothing and still be valid, what's the point? you may as well write `.*`
- TophWells 13y agoWell, remember that it also has to fit in the row/column. If there's three spaces available, the string has to have three characters. So (O|RM|HHM)* can only really match ORM, RMO, and HHM.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoAnd OOO.
- TophWells 13y agoForgot about that one.