"Jonathon Sisson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > of them they're addicting... As Alan Gauld stated in another thread > (I'm > pretty sure it was Alan): You'll get to the point that you want to > use > (regular expressions) all the time, even if they aren't the right > tool
Nope, it wasn't me, maybe Danny. But I sure agree with it. The problem with Regex is that they can be just a bit too powerful. To cite another programming proverb, this time by Bjarne Stroustrup I think: "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg." Regex can be like that too. > Regular Expressions: learn them, love them, use them...but put the > sword down if a pen can handle the job better. A great summary. -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
