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Alex McKee · 11-03-2007, 09:57 PM

Well it certainly wouldn't harm you to learn them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

Looks difficult (to a lot of people) but is actually dead simple, and a great tool in your toolbox. Much more efficient than a zillion if-else loops

11-03-2007, 09:57 PM	#6 (permalink)
Alex McKee Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gloucester Posts: 6,634	Well it certainly wouldn't harm you to learn them http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression Looks difficult (to a lot of people) but is actually dead simple, and a great tool in your toolbox. Much more efficient than a zillion if-else loops