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If-then-else regexp

Rules: - golf is never following golf - vim comes first! Drawing a finite-state machine diagram could help. #regexp

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#14 Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123 - Score: 56 - 06/26/19 @ 10:38 
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Created by: @mcr05

14 active golfers, 53 entries

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#1 - Alexey Vyskubov / @avysk

06/13/2019 at 09:50AM

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#3 - John Braxler / @braxler

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09/08/2023 at 04:50PM

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05/31/2024 at 12:44AM

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#8 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPigSg

07/02/2024 at 07:15AM

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#9 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/24/2024 at 03:03PM

38
#10 - Jon Krause / @jkrause314

06/13/2019 at 05:49AM

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#11 - Petru-Armand Bancila / @petruarmand

07/09/2019 at 10:43PM

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#12 - Luoyb / @Luoyb

10/30/2023 at 01:18AM

46
#13 - Ivo Blöchliger / @aigledesalpes

08/07/2019 at 06:42PM

56
#14 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

06/26/2019 at 10:38AM