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Removed grammatical mistakes from  paragraph 'Here is where regular e…
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CyberShadow committed Jun 17, 2015
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Still no amount of fixed functionality could cover all needs, as naturally flexible text data
needs flexible solutions.
)
$(P Here is where $(LUCKY regular expressions) come in handy, often succinctly called as regexes.
Regexes are simple yet powerful language for defining patterns of strings,
put together with a substitution mechanism, they form a Swiss Army knife of text processing.
They are considered so useful that a number of languages provides built-in support
for regular expressions. This does $(B not) nessary mean that
built-in implies $(B faster) processing or more features. It's more a matter of providing
$(B convenient and friendly syntax) for typical operations and usage patterns.
$(P Here is where $(LUCKY regular expressions) often just called $(I regexes) – come in handy.
Regular expressions are a simple yet comprehensive language for defining string patterns.
Combined with a mechanism for string substitution, regular expressions are a powerful tool for text processing.
In fact, they are considered so useful that a number of languages provide built-in support
for them. However, built-in support does $(I not) necessarily imply $(I faster) processing
or more features, it is rather a way of providing a
convenient and user-friendly syntax for typical operations and usage patterns.
)
$(P The D programming language provides a standard library module $(STD regex).
Being a highly expressive systems language, D allows regexes to be $(I efficiently) implemented
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