[thelist] [RFI] regex article input

[Edwin Martin]

liorean wrote:

>Greetings fellow eVolters!
>
>I've been looking at my regex article at eVolt [1] and thought about
>updating it and maybe extending it a bit, especially when it comes to
>details about how re.exec, str.match, str.split and str.replace work
>and how you can use those. I was looking for a bit of input on what I
>could/should update/change and what you think is missing from the
>article as it looks today. Please be as specific as possible.
>
>[1] <uri:http://evolt.org/article/Regular_Expressions_in_JavaScript/17/36435>
>  
>
I think your article is very hard for people who don't know anything 
about regex.

Your example with DOS wildcards doesn't help because 95% (my estimate) 
of people younger than 35 years don't know what DOS is.

Because the context is missing, everything is abracadabra up until the 
first example below "Usage".

I think it is better to start with a very simple and practical example 
so first-timers get a feeling what regex is.

For example, to match an e-mail address, you want to make sure it 
contains a @.

var re = /@/;

Etcetera.

Edwin Martin

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