Mastering Regular Expressions

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Knock Knock (Score:5, Funny)

by neonprimetime ( 528653 ) writes: on Wednesday September 13, 2006 @02:36PM (#16098438)

What did one regex say to the other?

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- Re:Knock Knock (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by A beautiful mind ( 821714 ) writes: on Wednesday September 13, 2006 @02:42PM (#16098487)
  
  You're not a geek if you don't find .* of it funny.
  
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    by neonprimetime ( 528653 ) writes:
    
    Obviously the modders of the parent and grandparent have not yet read this book and thus have not yet mastered regular expressions!
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    by kalirion ( 728907 ) writes:
    
    I found .*? of it funny myself.
  - Re:Knock Knock (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by merc ( 115854 ) writes: <slashdot@upt.org> on Wednesday September 13, 2006 @10:06PM (#16101290) Homepage
    
    greedy bastards! .*?
    
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  by Mattintosh ( 758112 ) writes:
  
  Newlines are your friends, Mr. Regex. Please don't ignore them.
- Ok I give up (Score:2)
  
  by p3d0 ( 42270 ) writes:
  
  Can someone explain the joke for the humourously challenged?

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Knock Knock (Score:5, Funny)

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Ok I give up (Score:2)