• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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    7 months ago

    Sure, learning basics of regex is not that hard, but complex regex expressions can easily become impenetrable. I actually like the verbal expressions idea where you write out the regex using a long form and that gets compiled into the actual regex, e.g:

    const tester = VerEx()
        .startOfLine()
        .then('http')
        .maybe('s')
        .then('://')
        .maybe('www.')
        .anythingBut(' ')
        .endOfLine();
    

    That seems like the best of both world approach to me.

    • stewie410@programming.dev
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      7 months ago

      My brief experience with LINQ has also taught me to prefer this type of thing as well; though I still use regex on a daily basis most of the time, given my environment.