3 Mar
2023
3 Mar
'23
5:38 p.m.
Hi,
Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org> wrote:
> # Yes, I have a warped sense of humour here.
> /^[JFMAMJJASOND][aeapauuuecoc][nbrrynlgptvc] [ 0123][0-9] / \
...
in particular, the original is easy to validate by
just saying the
names of the month out loud as one scans the list.
Some clients pay me to read code and find fault. It's a hard habit to
break. ‘coc’ smells wrong. :-)
A bit of vi's :map later...
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dcc
The regexp works, of course, but in this case removing the redundancy
would also fix the ‘fault’.
--
Cheers, Ralph.