# Python's Hidden Regular Expression Gems

<http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2015/11/18/pythons-hidden-re-gems/>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

written on Wednesday, November 18, 2015 There are many terrible modules in the Python standard library, but the Python re module is not one of them. While it's old and has not been updated in many

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