Re: use of regex in mysql

On 23/02/17 04:52, kushal bhattacharya wrote:
> after some research i did it using regexp actually my knowledge about regex is limited so i didn't come up with the solution quickly
>
My knowledge of regexp is just enough to know that I don't really want to know more.*

I have always found it quicker to write explicit C code faster that it would take me to master even a small part of the non orthogonal arbitrary spaghetti syntax that comprises 'regexp'.

In my working life I have found people who understood it. Unfortunately, that was all they understood.

*I have a similar experience of Apple products.

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