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Ken Thompson’s contributions have also been to regular expressions. What are they used for?

  • Financial modeling

  • Password validation

  • Statistical analysis

  • Pattern matching

Answer

Regular expressions, often abbreviated as regex or regexp, are a powerful tool used for pattern matching. They provide a concise and flexible way to search for and manipulate strings of text based on specific patterns. Regular expressions are widely employed in programming, text processing, data validation, and various other applications where the processing of text is crucial.
The Revolutionary Genius: Ken Thompson and the Unix Legacy

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