# Regex use vs. Regex abuse

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**Created:** [February 16, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/regex-use-vs-regex-abuse/1181 "2005-02-16T00:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Erik\_Lane](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v2/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Erik\_Lane](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/u/Erik_Lane)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://discourse.codinghorror.com/t/regex-use-vs-regex-abuse/1181/2 "2005-02-16T00:00:00Z")

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Somewhat? LOL.

Good topic. I try and use them when I can and not get myself confused. I hate getting it to work and then another developer looks at and then asks me to explain what it’s doing and all I really did was use the Expresso designer.

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