2.1: Introduction to Regular Expressions - Programming with Text

In this video I introduce Regular Expressions. What are they and how are they used? I summarize the topics of future videos including meta-characters, capturing parentheses, character classes and JavaScript functions like split(), match(), test(), replace() and exec().

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[illlg]

Awesome! You turned my hate for regex into curiosity!

[ejalbania]

you're one heck of a happy kid man. you make the topic interesting and lively. keep it up. Thanks!

[jordantran]

I had to subscribe. You make a topic in a field that doesn't always get taught with enthusiasm or personality so vibrant! I'm a student with ADHD and heavily rely on interest based learning. You jumping and moving all about kept my brain on my feet and engaged throughout the video.

Keep it up, and thanks for the quality content

[HamiltonFilmsNYC]

By far the absolute BEST explanation of regular expressions I have ever seen!
I now understand how they work and am no longer afraid of them at all!
Thank you too much for

[jaredforeman]

Dude. Ok so I've been using regex based searches, queries, for some tasks, but the truth is it's like speaking a foreign language by sounding out pre-learned noises. But you... you're like my spirit animal. The way you're teaching is how I learn. Make me feel like a 5 year old with a cookie and you've got my attention. And I'm a grown ass 37 year old dude.

[estelaplateada]

You sir are the best. Regex is a truly overlooked topic, but extremely useful, generic, and language agnostic. Bravo

[banliyomuzik]

Great introduction ! I was confused when I was trying to figure out what regular expressions were by reading pdfs yet your tutorials are really helpful so thank you a lot

[naseemgharibi]

this is the best explaining i've ever seen, you are an awesome person and thank you so much no only for this video but for all videos and your hard work is giving us a huge help

[siddhantrai]

I can't thank you more....believe me you made my day...I was struggling with this topic since a week...but finally my search is over, I literally found the best playlist for Regex on youtube or possibly on internet...keep up the good work...hope to see your and siraj colab again😇😇😇...cheers from India

[BasketLex]

I know everyone has already said it, but this was so well made and keeps you engaged throughout! Well done.

[dalzent]

The first video tutorial about programming that I can see who is talking about, AND I REALLY LIKE IT!! Is nice, enjoyable, easy, grateful, turned compressible and interesting to watch. I learned in an easy way with your video. I hope it works for all your videos (and thank you for them). I'm going to look for python tutorial on your list

[victoriaosuagwu]

You have an infectious personality!! Thank you so much, I'll definitely be watching the entire playlist, learning from you is fun! Thanks for the informative tutorial

[sumit]

Kudos...very nice explanation
The person who is teaching regex in this video is very nice, the way he delivered the episode 1 makes you feel engaged all the time,
Looking forward for more videos

Again thanks for making this

[nahjelaclaudette]

So glad I found your video, although it is many years old. Am so grateful, thanks for applying yourself, your personality and skill. I will subscribe, and watch all your videos.

[jeremiahgray]

This channel is a godsend even 4 years later

[bballantyne]

Thank you for this! No exaggeration, I've been coding for more than 10 years and avoided regular expressions because I literally fall asleep reading about them. And where I really needed one, I'd find a close substitute on google and bumble through it on regex101.
Your lively presentation kept my interest and I'm going on the next video. Thank you!!

[progtom]

legend, nice intro thanks!
Edit - i watched a bunch of other videos afterwards, i now realise this video is the best on youtube to ACTUALLY understand the key principles of regex. thanks!

[duyle-uiul]

You'r awsome. You make difficult thing look easy.

[shreyavaidy]

Thank you for making this joyful! I dreaded learning regex

[TheULTIMATECHAPIN]

I'm not a fan of RegEx but I really enjoy your style of teaching. I'll watch this over and over again until I manage to get a grip on it. Thanks!