Re^2: AWTDI: Renaming files using regexp

Did you look (I mean actually look) at his sample data?

If you are coding a generic tool for dealing with filenames of unknown formats, then such critisms are valid.

But if the guy knows what his data looks like; he as a working solution for his problem, as opposed to the arbitrarially extended problem you have imposed upon his question; and he states:

The question is more academic than anything since I have an answer, just looking to expand my knowledge some :-)

then your admonishment of the OP (for his working solution), everyone in this thread is ... ...!

I'll let you fill in the blanks

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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Re^3: AWTDI: Renaming files using regexp by ikegami (Patriarch) on Apr 11, 2006 at 16:21 UTC
One of the ideas of this site is to intruct not only the OP, but the people who might be searching through the site at a later time. The next person to use this site may have different data. And yes, I did expand knowledge (and started a discussion which will expand it further).	[reply]