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Sp4rkR4t :yes_scotland:<p>Finally got my head around <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> enough to fine tune my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searxng</span></a> instance to stop showing me results for Perth,AU instead of results for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PerthKinross" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PerthKinross</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfhosting</span></a></p>
Stephan H. Wissel<p>There are 3 people in the world who truly understand <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a></p><p>One who implemented it for Python<br>One who implemented it for Java(script)</p><p>The third one is an off-by-one error</p>
linuxThis is a good overview of how regex works “Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say yo...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" target="_blank">#regex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" target="_blank">#technology</a><br><br><a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=1mGpds4FfEn33fGUpQsMw2a7tOC&amp;interestId=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
Holger Hellinger<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@brad_frost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>brad_frost</span></a></span> ranted on LinkedIn on Regex and AI and a comment by a follower made my day:</p><p>&gt; Regex is the Comic Sans of logic. it shows up, ruins everything, and somehow still gets used.</p><p><a href="https://hellinger.wtf/tags/Regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regex</span></a> <a href="https://hellinger.wtf/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
Schenkl | 🏳️‍🌈🦄<p>Muss ich jetzt wirklich so was hier benutzen?</p><p>.*[Ss][Ee][Ll][Ee][Cc][Tt].*[Ff][Rr][Oo][Mm]</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a></p>
Habr<p>Регулярные выражения простыми словами. Часть 3</p><p>Разработчики делятся на три типа: тех, кто уже понимает регулярные выражения и порой решает сложные задачи одной строкой; тех, кто все еще боится их и всячески избегает; и тех, кто уже прочитал первую и вторую части этой серии статей и полон оптимизма разобраться с этими магическими письменами. Эта статья специально для третьих, чтобы обратно их напугать, ведь в этой части мы рассмотрим одну из самых сложных, но в буквальном смысле захватывающих тем.</p><p><a href="https://habr.com/ru/companies/selectel/articles/922694/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">habr.com/ru/companies/selectel</span><span class="invisible">/articles/922694/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zhub.link/tags/selctel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selctel</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/regexp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regexp</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%B2%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>регулярные_выражения</span></a> <a href="https://zhub.link/tags/oarticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oarticle</span></a></p>
Kagi HQ<p>We've added an optional "Regex" field to Custom Bangs for more precise control. You can now define exactly how your query is split to create more powerful shortcuts.</p><p>Read more about this in our latest changelog: <a href="https://kagi.com/changelog#7389" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">kagi.com/changelog#7389</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kagi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kagi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Search</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regex</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RegEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegEx</span></a> search users who are <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> or <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a>. I've updated my pattern strings in my <strong>Regex Searches for Revision and Proofing</strong> document. I fixed some patterns, made them alway case insensitive regardless of your settings, added tests and used them to ensure all the strings work, and updated the instructions.</p><p>If you have suggestions for more words, or an idea for a different pattern to add that helps a writer during revision, reply or PM me.</p><p>HTH</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-g6jx8teJQE1uXLA-XwZP6cTMe5_-xz2AGLRHffNVlc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1-g</span><span class="invisible">6jx8teJQE1uXLA-XwZP6cTMe5_-xz2AGLRHffNVlc/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
George E. 🇺🇸♥🇺🇦♥🇵🇸♥🏳️‍🌈♥🏳️‍⚧️<p>Useful <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/regex" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regex</a><span> tip:<br><br></span><b>Mute/ block posts mentioning "ai"...</b><span><br><br></span><code>/\bai\b/i</code><span><br><br>Add that to your </span><a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Sharkey" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sharkey</a> Word Mute lists.</p>
Frontend Dogma<p>Tips for Making Regular Expressions Easier to Use in JavaScript, by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@rauschma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rauschma</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://2ality.com/2025/06/javascript-regexp-tips.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2ality.com/2025/06/javascript-</span><span class="invisible">regexp-tips.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/tipsandtricks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tipsandtricks</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/examples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>examples</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Techniques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Techniques</span></a><br>Easier to use regexes in JavaScript · “This is how regular expressions are meant to be written.” <a href="https://ilo.im/164w9a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/164w9a</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RegEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegEx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Readability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Readability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whitespace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whitespace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comments</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Documentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Documentation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a></p>
Oriel Jutty :hhHHHAAAH:<p>I'm not sure what happened here, but I'm willing to bet regexes are involved. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a></p>
linuxThis is a good overview of how regex works “Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say yo...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" target="_blank">#regex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" target="_blank">#technology</a><br><br><a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=YnhsSwy3bHqfLIh0Vw7cDRPcJ1s&amp;interestId=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
linuxThis is a good overview of how regex works “Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say yo...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" target="_blank">#regex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" target="_blank">#technology</a><br><br><a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=QtsozCOY8sOGAosarjiixBeHH9s&amp;interestId=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
Mina<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> </p><p>My guess is <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ReGex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReGex</span></a>:</p><p>In regular expressions, the underscore counts as a "word character", whilst dashes, commas, dots, whitespaces etc. count as "non word characters".</p><p>This is a hugely important thing: All relevant APIs rely heavily on RegExes.</p><p>I'm afraid, your initiative won't succeed for that reason:</p><p>All <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> software would have to be revised and patched to solve a niche annoyance.</p><p>My bet: It ain't gonna happen.<br> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@evan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evan</span></a></span></p>
Maj - 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://cosocial.ca/@timbray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>timbray</span></a></span> my first job out of uni was parsing hand coded html with perl.<br>It has proven, this far, to be both impossible to do perfectly and a fantastic source of job security.</p><p>(Yes I use Python NLP pipelines and such these days but still...)</p><p><a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>perl</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/html" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>html</span></a></p>
linuxThis is a good overview of how regex works “Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say yo...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" target="_blank">#regex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" target="_blank">#technology</a><br><br><a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=TW7fsjgzdxoHs0KZpjgTFSEOaMy&amp;interestId=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
linuxThis is a good overview of how regex works “Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say yo...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" target="_blank">#regex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" target="_blank">#technology</a><br><br><a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=TNc3tbk2rg9ONZi8eGhA7KCvo8G&amp;interestId=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
linuxThis is a good overview of how regex works “Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say yo...<br><br><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blog" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" target="_blank">#regex</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="mention hashtag" href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" target="_blank">#technology</a><br><br><a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Origin</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/sub-details.html?id=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Interest</a> | <a href="https://awakari.com/pub-msg.html?id=5rdV7JbGH2cUEDE6XImkLhaphmi&amp;interestId=linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Match</a>
Danie van der Merwe<p>This is a good overview of how regex works</p><p>“Regex is a pattern-matching language; it’s a way to expressively describe patterns that match strings (e.g., words or sentences). For example, say you’re searching your hard drive for an image called foo, but you cannot remember if it’s a JPEG or a ...continues</p><p>See <a href="https://gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good-overview-of-how-regex-works/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gadgeteer.co.za/this-is-a-good</span><span class="invisible">-overview-of-how-regex-works/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>