Is it normal for people not to know regex, even in IT, and treat it like wizardry?

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regular expressions 101

That being said anyone whose looking to learn regex head over to https://regex101.com/ it's how I really learned it and the visual matching feedback is great.

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RegExr

Https://regexr.com/ This one is also pretty nice, it has a more detailed reference on the side, and also lets you mouse over regex expressions to get an explanation of what it does. It also tries to do an english breakdown of what's happening at the bottom of the screen, though it's not as easy to read and as nicely explained as the response you got from /u/sobrique.

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Debuggex

Debuggex.com is also great, as you get a graphical preview of what the regex is actually doing.

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rubular

Https://rubular.com/ (There are others like this site but I use this one.).

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i Hate Regex

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10 Minute Mail

If you don't want to provide primary email then create secondary one or give anything from 10minutemail.com or a similar service, pass validation and forget about it.

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