in reply to how to load regular expressions from a file

Please put your code inside <code> ... </code>-tags. As it is now, it gives me headaches just looking at it.

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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