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From the How do you hide an elephant? challenge. See all 431 entries (closed)

(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:56, archived)
# Oooooh
Clever!
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:57, archived)
# Mrs Vagabond didn't even notice him!
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:02, archived)
# I think I see him
there he is!


slight tj: who can help me with some simple regexp syntax?
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 10:58, archived)
# I can help you*.









*I can't help you, sorry
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:01, archived)
# Yeah, maybe. I don't like regexes very much, but I understand the basics.
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:08, archived)
# try this:
gskinner.com/RegExr/

What's the question?
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:08, archived)
# It's
match any four-figure number except "2010"
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:24, archived)
# This is why I don't like regexes.
I know the answer is not "[0-1,3-9][1-9][0,2-9][1-9]" as that would also not match 3010 or 2090...
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:32, archived)
# Can't you just match all 4-figure numbers and post-process out all the 2010s?
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:33, archived)
# I done it now - it was in a PDF so I've had to export it to text then replace all the 2010s
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:39, archived)
# yeah, this is the trouble I'm having
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:33, archived)
# beyond me I think.
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:51, archived)
# needs more kettle :D
v nice :)
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:00, archived)
# Hahaha - what doesn't?
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:02, archived)
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(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:03, archived)
# Oh.
Oh come, now.

That's not very nice, is it?

I mean, really?

BAD Barry!
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:04, archived)
# Well at least it's not the Darth Vader one...
(, Thu 14 Jan 2010, 11:07, archived)