@blinry@piko so, i get a new puzzle everytime i refresh the site?
That way i put my progress in the unstable hands of chrome mobile. Maybe it doesn't refresh for 6 hours, maybe it refreshes when i switch tabs. Who knows? 🫠
@Aedius We accept a regex as correct as soon as it matches the same words from our list of English words as the other one – otherwise, we'd need to test regexes for equality, which seems conplicated :D And often, there are multiple ways to phrase a solution.
But we could maybe show the "intended" regex, as well! @piko
@plusmid Is this for a regex you entered yourself? We check if any of our English words match it because we want to give one example that matches, and one which doesn't match. That's inspired by the board game Zendo! But maybe we could still let people play it without getting initial information in that case?
Or can you modify your regex to match some English words? @piko
@blinry@piko It makes sense depending on the context. It would be nice if I could give my own examples.
I don't think I can find an english word containing digits ;).
@lanodan@blinry@piko I love that "code-golfing" expression because... well, because that's also how I construct regexes, with trial and error, always trying to keep my "score" on par with the "course". :blobcatgiggle2:
@blinry@piko I always find it part of the fun to compare with other people. Could you generate a short message that can be copy-pasted to the appropriate group chats? Something like:
@blinry For the non-computer people: a regex, short for "regular expression", is a sort of short notation for describing text, for example: The line starts with a "c", then there's a number of vowels, and then there might be a "t". In regex, this would be "^c[aeiou]+t?"
@blinry works on my android but not in my girlfriend's iOS (neither Safari nor Firefox). just a bunch of a's as example matching words and no buttons work
We totally forgot to mention: There's a new Regexle every day!
For today's puzzle, you still have ninety minutes if you're in the UTC+2 time zone! After that, you will have to manipulate your system clock if you want to play it :D
@blinry@piko does it not work on ios (safari)? i only see a list of „a“s on the right side. and nothing happens when i press the buttons. organ i holding it wrong?
@blinry@piko Just tried it and got it after 3 words after figuring out how it works (I have to press enter after entering my sequence, I somehow expected validation as I type).
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