Luckily (or sometimes badly), everyone finds something different easier to read. I personally like the RegEx approach more, since it directly show what happens to which parts. I am quite used to read RegEx and find it more confusing to think again about what function is doing what and resulting in what.
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Luckily (or sometimes badly), everyone finds something different easier to read. I personally like the RegEx approach more, since it directly show what happens to which parts. I am quite used to read RegEx and find it more confusing to think again about what function is doing what and resulting in what.