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La belleza de las expresiones regulares

Posted on the July 1st, 2008 under Anécdotas, Tecnología by Pablo

A través de aquí, encuentro esto, que valida direcciones de email. Sería un buen problema para un examen de programación:

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Luis Sancho, a ver si encuentras el gazapo (que he metido uno).