Using regex in javascript is still such a fucking hack - devRant

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nothappy

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Any other alternative to fetch only YouTube video id from embedded URL?
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JoshBent

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@dextel2 substring, but I wasn't talking about regex in general being bad, just how javascript still e.g. doesn't have named groups, "easy" accessible global match arrays from one exec etc.
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beegC0de

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@JoshBent use Rust regex crate and compile to web assembly. Even hackier but would probably be a good learning experience
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JoshBent

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@beegC0de I'll be sure to do that, if I ever have to wait 5 weeks for something to compile/deploy and get bored enough 😉
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beegC0de

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@JoshBent only need to compile once though :}

Edit- thought u were jabbing at Rust compile times LOL Web Assembly the next big thing :+)

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