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Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex by masklinn on Sunday June 22, 2014 @05:22PM (#7929269)
> At best this lets you conclude that a URL could be valid. Is that really useful?

It's useful to find and linkify URLs in text (e.g. in your HN comments, how do you think HN makes http://foo.com into a link?)

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Re:In search of the perfect URL validation regex by eli on Sunday June 22, 2014 @05:53PM (#7929357)
That's not the premise laid out on the linked page.
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