REGEX

What is regular expression?

A regular expression is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. Usually such patterns are used by string searching algorithms for "find" or "find and replace" operations on strings, or for input validation. It is a technique developed in theoretical computer science and formal language theory. — Wikipedia It works similar to when we are searching something on Google but in a more advanced and specific way.

Why it matters?

  • Remove human errors when it come to countless of data sorting or wrangling

  • Save you time and effort - once you written it once, it's reuable

The basics

Character class

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Cookbook

HEX codes

NCAA

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