regular expression

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Asper Faner wrote:

> I seem to always have hard time understaing how this regular expression
> works, especially how on earth do people bring it up as part of
> computer programming language. Natural language processing seems not
> enough to explain by the way. Why no eliminate it ?

I.M.H.O. anyone that is not capable to grasp the concept of regular
expressions should not attempt to write computer programs at all! My
suggestion to you would be to find a job that involves working with your
hands...