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Google engineers are regular expression masters. Why? Because the Google search engine is a massive text-processing engine that extracts value from trillions of webpages.

Facebook engineers are regular expression masters. Why? Because social networks like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram connect humans via text messages.

Amazon engineers are regular expression masters. Why? Because eCommerce giants ship products based on textual product descriptions.

When text meets computer science, regular expressions are already here.

The Smartest Way to Learn Python Regex transforms you into a regular expression master.

How? With our three-step, innovative approach, you'll leverage all the scientifically proven insights of excellent teaching.

Step 1: Read a book chapter about a regular expression topic to learn all the basics you need to get started.
Step 2: Watch a course video on YouTube to make it stick. We specifically designed the videos to deliver the exact information from the chapter in a nutshell.
Step 3: Solve a code puzzle on Finxter.com to push your understanding to the next level and track your learning progress accurately.

You'll learn vital regular expression topics such as Kleene star, plus operator, matching groups, lookaheads, special characters, character sets, and many more.

Here's the deal: read this book, and you'll be able to read and understand any regular expression you'll ever encounter in practice.

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