Re: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes

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Re^2: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2023 at 10:11 UTC
To complete your Eden analogy: `^ /^👁\` The caret reminds me of a floating triangle. The Eye of Providence is a symbol for God, "the beginning of all". edit Depicted on millions of $-bills ... ;) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the 𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌻 Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^3: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes by Smonff (Monk) on May 13, 2023 at 10:53 UTC
It looks like a very Perlish interpretation indeed, possibly one of the most appropriate. I’ll keep digging into this. It also nicely links to the masonry mnemonic that @Discipulus gave, the roof caret and pay bill in the end. 🌸	[reply]
Re^4: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes ("Genesis of Regex") by LanX (Saint) on May 13, 2023 at 13:42 UTC
> very Perlish interpretation well, you can try to expand this to a whole bunch of metaphors for a "Genesis of Regex" story `.` dust/sand is found everywhere `{ }` Adam and Eve counting things (and being too nosy ;) `* +` stars are infinite `( )` clouds (or moons) covering things `[abc]` Noah's ark with each specimen once `\b` anchors ... and so on. I think with some illustrations this could stick well in the head. :) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the 𐍀𐌴𐍂𐌻 Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} Update For completeness, from prior posts ^ God, the beginning of all $ the snake, the end of paradise	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^5: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes ("Genesis of Regex") by Smonff (Monk) on Jul 12, 2023 at 10:37 UTC
Re^2: Mnemonic for begin/end chars in regexes by Smonff (Monk) on May 13, 2023 at 08:46 UTC
For the record, the same question was asked on Stack Overflow ten years ago. 🌸	[reply]

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