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Ben Nadel at cf.Objective() 2010 (Minneapolis, MN) with: Doug Hughes Ezra Parker Dan Wilson John Mason Jason Dean Luis Majano Mark Mandel Brian Kotek Wil Genovese Rob Brooks-Bilson Andy Matthews Simeon Bateman Ray Camden Chris Rockett Joe Bernard Dan Skaggs Byron Raines Barney Boisvert Simon Free Steve 'Cutter' Blades Seth Bienek Katie Bienek Jeff Coughlin

The 15th Annual Regular Expression Day - June 1st 2022

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Happy Regular Expression Day! This is your annual reminder to learn you some Regular Expressions for great good! Pattern matching is a skill that comes with a massive return on investment (ROI). It is no exaggeration that I use ColdFusion and JavaScript Regular Expression (RegEx) functions every single day. Literally! Once you understand how patterns work, you see them everywhere! They are a game changer!

The Sixth Sense meme: I see RegEx patterns, they're everywhere.

Make Strings work for you! Learn how to harness the power of pattern matching today!

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I call regex the "Black Magic". If you're a tenured wizard, sure, otherwise it's the devil's work!

Joking aside, when you get a regex working like you want, it's awesome!

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@Will,

I also find that I can write them, but forget about reading them 😜 If there's a pattern in the code, it better be preceded by at least 1-line of comments explaining what the heck this chicken-scratch is trying to accomplish.

Oh my chickens, this post is old!
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