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A regular expression (shortened as regex or regexp also referred to as regular expression) is a sequence of characters that specifies a search pattern.

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Refactoring HTML code with help of regex search and replace

Refactoring HTML code with help of regex search and replace

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Making Regular Expressions Readable in JavaScript

Making Regular Expressions Readable in JavaScript

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Becoming a wizard with Vim

Becoming a wizard with Vim

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Regex: finding repetitions

Regex: finding repetitions

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Answer: Regular Expressions and negating a whole character group [duplicate]

Answer: Regular Expressions and negating a whole character group [duplicate]

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Parte 1: RegExp - Qué son, para qué se utilizan y cómo funcionan

Parte 1: RegExp - Qué son, para qué se utilizan y cómo funcionan

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Regex - Character Ranges

Regex - Character Ranges

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A Visual Guide to Regular Expression

A Visual Guide to Regular Expression

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Learning to Love Regex

Learning to Love Regex

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Ruby's gsub method: What, Why, & How

Ruby's gsub method: What, Why, & How

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Emulating regexp lookarounds in GNU sed

Emulating regexp lookarounds in GNU sed

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How to flip array keys and values in the code editor?

How to flip array keys and values in the code editor?

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Intro to Bash Regular Expressions

Intro to Bash Regular Expressions

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Yup Schema Commonly Used Examples

Yup Schema Commonly Used Examples

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Reflecting the first 20 days of 100DaysOfCode

Reflecting the first 20 days of 100DaysOfCode

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Re-indenting with Notepad++ regex replace

Re-indenting with Notepad++ regex replace

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Day 14 of 100DaysOfCode

Day 14 of 100DaysOfCode

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Day 18 of 100DaysOfCode

Day 18 of 100DaysOfCode

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Espressioni Regolari in JavaScript

Espressioni Regolari in JavaScript

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Basic Regex

Basic Regex

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Python RegEx Tutorial with practice

Python RegEx Tutorial with practice

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Regex isn't that hard

Regex isn't that hard

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Find all ip addresses in a project

Find all ip addresses in a project

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Day 16 of 100DaysOfCode

Day 16 of 100DaysOfCode

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Powerful regex for the practical dev #2

Powerful regex for the practical dev #2

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Regex to match strings ending with en.srt or es.srt

Regex to match strings ending with en.srt or es.srt

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Regex for Kenyan Phone Number format 07XXXXXXXX in Python

Regex for Kenyan Phone Number format 07XXXXXXXX in Python

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Powerful regex for the practical dev

Powerful regex for the practical dev

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Extract mobile number using regex

Extract mobile number using regex

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Correctly escaping regular expressions

Correctly escaping regular expressions

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On regex capturing groups

On regex capturing groups

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Restrict Editable Area in Monaco Editor - Part 2

Restrict Editable Area in Monaco Editor - Part 2

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Replacing placeholders in Ruby on Rails

Replacing placeholders in Ruby on Rails

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JavaScript RegEx Exercises 01 13:35

JavaScript RegEx Exercises 01

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Understanding Regular Expressions once and for all [PART 4]

Understanding Regular Expressions once and for all [PART 4]

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I know, I'll use a regex!

I know, I'll use a regex!

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Greedy and lazy match in regex

Greedy and lazy match in regex

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An ELI5 version of REGEX and NFA

An ELI5 version of REGEX and NFA

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Regex Named Capturing Groups in JavaScript and Node

Regex Named Capturing Groups in JavaScript and Node

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Regular Expressions in 1 Minute

Regular Expressions in 1 Minute

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C# Multi String Replace Extension Method

C# Multi String Replace Extension Method

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Explain Regular Expressions Like I'm Five

Explain Regular Expressions Like I'm Five

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Checking whether a number sequence has two or four digits in Python

Checking whether a number sequence has two or four digits in Python

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Regex Cheat Sheet

Regex Cheat Sheet

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Introduction To Regular Expression

Introduction To Regular Expression

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Awesome Regex Resources

Awesome Regex Resources

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Regex Cheat Sheet

Regex Cheat Sheet

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linux : regex

linux : regex

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Utilize Nginx to fulfill 301 redirect to root domain of https

Utilize Nginx to fulfill 301 redirect to root domain of https

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Apache Solr and Greedy Regex

Apache Solr and Greedy Regex

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Regular Expressions - not so regular!

Regular Expressions - not so regular!

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JavaScript RegEx

JavaScript RegEx

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Understanding Regular Expressions once and for all [PART 3]

Understanding Regular Expressions once and for all [PART 3]

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Finding used values of XML attributes using the command line

Finding used values of XML attributes using the command line

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What is a POSIX BRE compliant regex?

What is a POSIX BRE compliant regex?

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Understanding Regular Expressions once and for all [PART 2]

Understanding Regular Expressions once and for all [PART 2]

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Regex in Go

Regex in Go

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What Does "\K" Mean in Regex?

What Does "\K" Mean in Regex?

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Master Regular Expression Through Real-World Examples

Master Regular Expression Through Real-World Examples

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Easily remove empty lines using regular expression in Visual Studio Code

Easily remove empty lines using regular expression in Visual Studio Code

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