Re: poll ideas quest 2009

Maybe more interesting than reading 'regex' itself is how to you read an actual regex? For example:

$_ !~ /^((\d+\!)*\d+([\,\-]\d+)*:\d+([\,\-]\d+)*(\;)?)+$/
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Is that "dollar sign underscore space exclamation point tilde space forward slash caret open parenthesis ..."

Or do you abbreviate: "dollar underscore bang twiddle slash hat paren ..."

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009 by Porculus (Hermit) on Mar 23, 2009 at 08:53 UTC
Am I the only person here whose mind was so warped by a childhood exposure to BASIC that he still pronounces $ as "string"? ;)	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2009 by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 01, 2013 at 13:32 UTC
I still do, too. blush لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009 by Ish (Acolyte) on Mar 26, 2009 at 01:39 UTC
I don't mean to get all technical on you but surely you mean squiggly, not twiddle?	[reply]
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2009 by Jenda (Abbot) on Jun 10, 2009 at 11:45 UTC
What was the last time you actually read a regex? Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]

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