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Rephrasing the contexts in which regex is useful
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sharilaster authored Oct 11, 2019
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{: .challenge}
This logic is useful when you have lots of files in a directory, when those files have logical file names, and when you want to isolate a selection of files. It can be used for looking at cells in spreadsheets for certain values, or for extracting some data from a column of a spreadsheet to make new columns. I could go on. The point is, it is useful in many contexts. To embed this knowledge we won't - however - be using computers. Instead we'll use pen and paper.
This logic is useful when you have lots of files in a directory, when those files have logical file names, and when you want to isolate a selection of files. It can be used for looking at cells in spreadsheets for certain values, or for extracting some data from a column of a spreadsheet to make new columns. There are many other contexts in which regex is useful when using a computer to search through a document, spreadsheet, or file structure.
To embed this knowledge we won't - however - be using computers. Instead we'll use pen and paper.
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