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Regex is one of those things that I always need to look up a reference to, even simple ones, since I use it rarely.

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davearonson

When used properly, yes they’re dreadfully simple. But I’m sure we could all find ample counterexamples.
Such as the one probably used here.
The big question, though, is what’s the plural? I think “regices” would do nicely, to follow the examples of index, codex, and Kleenex, oh wait…

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AstonJ

Same! ^^

Love sites like rubular.com

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