Generate Regex from Examples

Re:Generate Regex from Examples by chavo-b on Saturday July 25, 2015 @09:37AM (#9947537)

why the resulting regex contains ++ instead of only one + ? such regexs are wrong!

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Re:Generate Regex from Examples by logn on Saturday July 25, 2015 @12:40PM (#9948111)

"Possessive quantifiers are a way to prevent the regex engine from trying all permutations. This is primarily useful for performance reasons. You can also use possessive quantifiers to eliminate certain matches."

http://www.regular-expressions.info/possessive.html

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Re:Generate Regex from Examples by chavo-b on Saturday July 25, 2015 @12:54PM (#9948162)

ok, tnx, now it makes sense

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