I thought I'd share my favorite regex of all time.
[ -~]
Any idea what this regexp matches? Scroll down for the answer.
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It matches all ASCII characters from the space to tilde. What are these characters? These are all printable characters!
Take a look at this ASCII table. Printable characters start at the space and end at tilde (in light blue background). Non-printable characters are all remaining characters (in white background).
[ -~]
matches all printable ASCII characters.
I love this so much!
My Second Favorite Regex
This was my favorite regex of all time but I also have another favorite regex. It's [,-.]
. Do you know what this one does? Read my post to find out!
My Third Favorite Regex
I was thinking and realized I had the third favorite regex. It's [A-z]
. I bet you're scratching your head. Read my third post to find out!
ASCII Regex T-Shirt
Want to wear this regular expression? I just had an idea to put it on a t-shirt as this blog post was getting so popular. Check out this limited-edition t-shirt that I made.
Update: Sold out and no longer available.
See you next time!