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Regular Expressions

A regular expression (shortened as regex or regexp also referred to as regular expression) is a sequence of characters that specifies a search pattern.

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Ruby Regexp Part 4 - Quantifiers

Ruby Regexp Part 4 - Quantifiers

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Ruby Regexp Part 3 - Alternatives and Escaping

Ruby Regexp Part 3 - Alternatives and Escaping

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Ruby Regexp Part 1 - Introduction

Ruby Regexp Part 1 - Introduction

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Decoding Regex Hieroglyphs

Decoding Regex Hieroglyphs

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Parse user input for urls, timestamps & hashtags with RegEX 🧠

Parse user input for urls, timestamps & hashtags with RegEX 🧠

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Regex Bootcamp (or Nobody Seems to be Using HTML5 Validation)

Regex Bootcamp (or Nobody Seems to be Using HTML5 Validation)

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Regex solution

Regex solution

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Writing a Regular Expression to Target Images Without a Class

Writing a Regular Expression to Target Images Without a Class

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Regex tools

Regex tools

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How to create your instant form validation

How to create your instant form validation

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Regex…

Regex…

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Hello... RegExp!?

Hello... RegExp!?

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2 Interactive Resources for Brushing Up Your RegEx Knowledge

2 Interactive Resources for Brushing Up Your RegEx Knowledge

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The more-proper introduction to ReX.js

The more-proper introduction to ReX.js

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Getting the Gist of Java

Getting the Gist of Java

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How are regex used in the real world?

How are regex used in the real world?

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Adventures in Regular Expressions

Adventures in Regular Expressions

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The Power of Regular Expressions

The Power of Regular Expressions

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Refrex! Capture and non-capture groups in ES2018

Refrex! Capture and non-capture groups in ES2018

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Javascript lookaheads and lookbehinds

Javascript lookaheads and lookbehinds

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VerbalExpressions - RegularExpression made easy

VerbalExpressions - RegularExpression made easy

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Exercise: Making a Simple Regex Engine

Exercise: Making a Simple Regex Engine

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Regex Blah

Regex Blah

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Find, convert and replace dates with Vim substitutions

Find, convert and replace dates with Vim substitutions

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My RegExp nightmare

My RegExp nightmare

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