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Discussion on: What's the one thing you always need to google?

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Usman Khalil

Regex.

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cubiclesocial

regex101.com/

Is my go-to. Punch in a regex and it'll tell how it breaks down. Punch in some sample data to see if it matches or not. It also gives performance feedback too (steps + total execution time). Never mess around with regexes in the dark again.

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Jef LeCompte • Edited

I also like regexr.com. A little more minimal if you get the gist!

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cubiclesocial

It is definitely a faster loading web app and it might even run locally? I'm pretty sure regex101 was the first tool like it out there and I've seen a few others over the years...but my fingers type in what they remember!

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Jef LeCompte

Haha -- hey, no harm in that. As long as it gets the job done!