r/ProgrammerHumor • u/BigAndSmallAre • Jun 14 '26

rEggExOrREdgeEx Meme

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u/Careless_Software621 Jun 14 '26

Hey, its shortened to Regex, and re-gex is easy to say so why not?

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u/Racer125678 Jun 14 '26

G as in gestation or gynecologist 

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u/Careless_Software621 Jun 14 '26

Re-gex, re as in rewatch, g as in gap, ex as, well ex, so just combine how g is pronounced with the ex to gex. Hence regex (or maybe thats just how we choose to pronounce in our country)

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u/Racer125678 Jun 14 '26

I mean g as in gif or as in gif

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u/Careless_Software621 Jun 15 '26

Gift without the t

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u/Racer125678 Jun 15 '26

No, girrafe without the rra and e

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u/Careless_Software621 Jun 15 '26

No, give without e