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A Regular Expression lets you match patterns in strings. We'll start with a simple example, using the Chrome browser's find functionality.
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Hi, I'm Alena, a developer and
teacher at Treehouse.
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Welcome to your new superpower.
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Regular expressions are used everywhere.
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Not only in every programming
language you'll ever use, but
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also in most computer applications,
text editors,
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word processors, spreadsheets and
even graphics editors.
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Regular expressions are like
having a secret code for
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telling a computer exactly what you want.
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Regex, as it's often referred to,
is a text string for
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