open up google

search for exactly the result you want

find an answer on stack exchange that isn't just "nevermind figured it out"

copy and paste into your code

Coworker: "Hey, I got this really cool new tool that will solve this data filtering problem you had" Me:: "Cool! Let me check out the filters!" Coworker. "They are awesome and work by RegEx!" Me: "Nope, not interested." Coworker: "But... it fits your needs exactly" Me: "I. said. NOT. INTERESTED!"

while :; do curl -X POST -d '{"text": "Removed by mod" }' https://lemmy.ml/post/13463433; done

Nothing to see here folks

Is there a less arcane way to perform searches similarly to regex?

Step 3: Name your cat 'Regex'

Wrote a regex today and realized it looked like two people waving a hand ;D

I don't know all of the regex rules (look ahead/behind, etc); but it's honestly not that bad. If you can learn the syntax for a programming language, you can learn the basics of regex..