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Announcing list2regexp - Generate regular expressions to match lists of strings (codeberg.org)
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[–] 2 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

it should(could) have newlines for readability. and is genererally an underappreciated feature that leads to people thinking that regex is crazy and unreadable.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago* (1 child)

    I didn't know about this so I tried testing it out. Yes, this is possible, but requires enabling a specific flag (x when it comes to regexp2) assuming the engine even supports this feature.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago*

    also comments. which can be very simple..like metadata about boundary,membership,grouping, or hierarchy.
    its supported in most languages except javascript and plain grep.
    but it doesnt serve a programmatic use.. so even if its a hella useful single char or digit, that massively boosts readability.. some people would argue that it's extra/junk

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