How so? I have been getting much more comfortable with it lately, but I am curious what downsides there are
Please correct my English.
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It doesn’t make sense. I understand it, but it doesn’t make sense.
Are you just referring to how Python uses the English
and/orinstead of the more common&&/||? I think what the user above you was talking about was Lua’s strange ternary syntax usingand/or.
A little less formal than an e-mails.
For when you want to delete everything in the root directory, but absolutely need to keep the directory itself.
You can open me in Vim, Greg. Am I a file?
What is being implied here? That Website A encourages you to download an image from them in WEBP format, but you cannot then upload that image to Websites B through Z because those sites do not support WEBP?
11·2 months ago30 Rock did it the other way around while also poking fun at the trope itself
Here is my cheatsheet that has been very helpful. Obviously, this will not teach you how RegEx works, but is a good quick reference when I forget the exact syntax for something.
RegExp
Character classes
.\w\d\s\W\D\S[abc][a-e]aande[1-9]1and9[[:print:]][^abc]a,borcAnchors
\G^$\A\Z\z\b\B^abcabcabc$abcFor multiline patterns (
mflag),^and$will act as start and end of line.Escaped characters
\. \* \\\t\n\rGroups
(abc)(a|b)aorb(?:abc)abc, but don’t capture\1Quantifiers
a*a+a?a{5}a{,3}a{3,}a{1,3}Lookahead & Lookbehind
a(?=b)ainbabybut not inbaya(?!b)ainStanbut not inStab(?<=a)bbincrabsbut not incribs(?<!a)bbinfibbut not infab(?<![a-z])abc(?![a-z])abcwithout any letters before/afterRaw Markdown
# RegExp ## Character classes | Pattern | Description | | ------------- | ---------------------------------------- | | `.` | Any character, except newline | | `\w` | Word | | `\d` | Digit | | `\s` | Whitespace | | `\W` | Not word | | `\D` | Not digit | | `\S` | Not whitespace | | `[abc]` | Any of a, b, or c | | `[a-e]` | Characters between `a` and `e` | | `[1-9]` | Digit between `1` and `9` | | `[[:print:]]` | Any printable character including spaces | | `[^abc]` | Any character except `a`, `b` or `c` | ## Anchors | Pattern | Description | | ------- | ---------------------- | | `\G` | Start of match | | `^` | Start of string \* | | `$` | End of string \* | | `\A` | Start of string | | `\Z` | End of string | | `\z` | Absolute end of string | | `\b` | A word boundary | | `\B` | Non-word boundary | | `^abc` | Start with `abc` | | `abc$` | End with `abc` | For multiline patterns (`m` flag), `^` and `$` will act as start and end of line. ## Escaped characters | Pattern | Description | | ---------- | -------------------------------------- | | `\. \* \\` | Escape special character used by regex | | `\t` | Tab | | `\n` | Newline | | `\r` | Carriage return | ## Groups | Pattern | Description | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | | `(abc)` | Capture group | | `(a\|b)` | Match `a` or `b` | | `(?:abc)` | Match `abc`, but don't capture | | `\1` | Substituted with text matched of the 1st capturing group | ## Quantifiers | Pattern | Description | | -------- | --------------------- | | `a*` | Match 0 or more | | `a+` | Match 1 or more | | `a?` | Match 0 or 1 | | `a{5}` | Match exactly 5 | | `a{,3}` | Match up to 3 | | `a{3,}` | Match 3 or more | | `a{1,3}` | Match between 1 and 3 | ## Lookahead & Lookbehind | Pattern | Description | | --- | --- | | `a(?=b)` | Match `a` in `baby` but not in `bay` | | `a(?!b)` | Match `a` in `Stan` but not in `Stab` | | `(?<=a)b` | Match `b` in `crabs` but not in `cribs` | | `(?<!a)b` | Match `b` in `fib` but not in `fab` | | `(?<![a-z])abc(?![a-z])` | Match `abc` without any letters before/after |