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Re^8: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number

by AppleFritter (Vicar)
on Apr 03, 2017 at 23:35 UTC ( #1186923=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^7: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number
in thread regex to return line with name but not if it has a number

Handling names in computers just sucks. Stuffing them into separate database fields sucks even more.

afoken++. And since nobody appears to have linked to it yet, here's a great list of falsehoods programmers believe about names -- quite a few eye-openers on there.

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Re^9: regex to return line with name but not if it has a number
by afoken (Chancellor) on Apr 08, 2017 at 07:43 UTC

    Thanks for the link, AppleFritter++, I've finally bookmarked it.

    Alexander

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    Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)

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