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by kps 1221 days ago
You can't parse DNA with regex.
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Not with that attitude.
If stackoverflow taught me anything, you will only summon Zalgo by trying.
They used to say that about email addresses. But hold my beer and I'll be back in like a month with some buggy half-assed crap that kinda does the job and only occasionally crashes the system!
In my experience genetics is a bit more complicated than an email address

Yes, that is an understatement