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Build Self-Documenting Regex with Pregex

Problem

Regex patterns like [a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,} are difficult to read and intimidating.

Team members without regex expertise might struggle to understand and modify these validation patterns.

Solution

Team members without regex expertise might struggle to understand and modify these validation patterns.

Pregex transforms regex into readable Python code using descriptive components.

Key benefits:

• Code that explains its intent without comments
• Easy modification without regex expertise
• Composable patterns for complex validation
• Export to regex format when needed

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