Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by laichzeit0 1928 days ago
I’ve heard this a few times. I’m the opposite, I think I learned it once and never forgot it, it seems impossible. Do you understand regex in terms of a state machine? Draw it out. It’s a very simple language.
1 comments

Its the syntax, not the idea that I forget. I use it rarely which is why I have to relearn from some cheat sheet what each symbol means.