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Regular Expressions (10 Jan 2007)

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Wait, forgot to escape a space. Wheeeeee[taptaptap]eeeeee!

[in a yellow box:]Whenever I learn a new skill I concoct elaborate fantasy scenarios where it lets me save the day.

Megan: Oh no! The killer must have followed her on vacation![Megan points to computer.]Megan: But to find them we'd have to search through 200 MB of emails looking for something formatted like an address!Cueball: It's hopeless!

Off-panel voice: Everybody stand back.

Off-panel voice: I know regular expressions.

[A man swings in on a rope, toward the computer.]

tap tapThe word PERL! appears in a bubble.

[The man swings away, and the other characters cheer.]

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