What's your biggest struggle with Regular Expressions?

Nabil Tharwat - May 5 '21 - - Dev Community

There seems to be a shared struggle when it comes to Regular Expressions. Some suffer readability, some think it's completely useless, others find it difficult to learn. What do you think? What are struggles you face with Regular Expressions?

For those with no problems with it, what would you give as advice? What helped you grasp them?

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