i Hate Regex

regex cheatsheet for the haters

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regex cheatsheet for the haters

15 followers

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Hello Hunters 👋 This tool is designed as a cheatsheet that will explain commonly used regular expressions in way you actually learn it ❤ - for the haters out there 😉

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Valet

Maker

Hey everyone 👋 , Regular expressions are real; hate it or love it. I used to spend hours trying to craft the perfect expression for my scraping projects not realizing that I don't really know regex. This tool is a cheat sheet that also explains the commonly used expressions so that you understand it. - There is a visual representation of the regular expression (thanks to regexpr) - The application shows matching strings which you can play around - Expressions can be edited and these are instantly validated Looking forward to your feedback, Geon George :)

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6yr ago

Safeguard

@geon_george nice product geon

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@gauthamzzz Thank you Gautham <3

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6yr ago

@geon_george Couldn't help but chuckle reading this part about "I used to spend hours trying to craft the perfect expression for my scraping projects not realizing that I don't really know regex." I'd wager you know a lot more about regex now? This is the developer's curse. We are always trying to fix the things that make our lives difficult when a lot of times it's not our expertise.

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@rayliverified I would say I know a way more than I used to before I started the project. But I wouldn't still hire myself as a "regex expert". Whoever invented this thing is smart but people like me using it gave it a bad reputation

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6yr ago

@geon_george Thank you so much for making this tool :)

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6yr ago

This looks great! Did you use any 3rd party tool to generate the diagrams? Because that looks amazing.

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@robinpapa I used the code made for regexper. You can find links and attribution in the github repo

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6yr ago

@geon_george Thank you!

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@robinpapa Glad you like it

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6yr ago

Bubbles

This is cool. I use regular expressions a lot but can always use some visual guidance. I noticed that the flow chart you generate describing the regular expression is typically cutoff (see https://app.usebubbles.com/67a25...) yet it's the most useful feature to me. Would you consider making that use more real estate?

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@tom4 Thank you for the feedback. I have added custom spacing for each type of expression(maybe I forgot for url). I can't really automate it right now since it's an embed type. I'll try to come up with a fix to automate this.

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6yr ago

Even if you don't actually hate regex this can be really useful. Especially the visual representation can help understanding what is really happening in that weird two-liner expression you wrote three years ago. Also there's several examples that can help you get started. Good idea for improvement would be some kind of drag and drop UI for making new expressions. Keep it going :)

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@boris_belaj Thank you very much. I'm also planing to addd features like codepen where users can add their own regex "pens"

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6yr ago

Spline

This is a great idea. I often need to use regex and always struggle to remember the expressions, so I am definitely bookmarking this tool! Congrats on the launch!

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@alelepd Thank you <3 mind telling me what kind of regex you use often?

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6yr ago

Spline

@geon_george For example to get a piece of string within a string, when there are characters before and after the string or to remove parts of strings after or before certain characters with variable length.

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@alelepd Sounds like a specific use. If you can contribute any expression please use the forum to do so :P http://ihateregex.io/

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6yr ago

I used to find regex from my old projects. Now, you solved that problem. It's really useful. Thanks @geon_george

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6yr ago

Valet

Maker

@rachitmangi Haha I used to do that as well. More content is sure to be added. Thank you <3

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6yr ago

Thank you for this tool, i love the state diagram render which i can use to explain during meetups. I had used regex in a Exploratory Data Analysis, it was hard to get everyone to just to modify regex.

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6yr ago

Valet

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@praj22 glad you like it. If there is a specific regex you use often you may add it via: https://github.com/geongeorge/i-...

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6yr ago

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