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Expand Up @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ Or, any other string that begins with a letter `o` in lower or capital case afte

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This logic is useful when you have lots of files in a directory, when those files have logical file names, and when you want to isolate a selection of files. It can be used for looking at cells in spreadsheets for certain values, or for extracting some data from a column of a spreadsheet to make new columns. There are many other contexts in which regex is useful when using a computer to search through a document, spreadsheet, or file structure. Some real-world use cases for regex are included on a [Library Hat blog post](https://www.bohyunkim.net/blog/archives/2595#.YTc3rzeSkUo) .
This logic is useful when you have lots of files in a directory, when those files have logical file names, and when you want to isolate a selection of files. It can be used for looking at cells in spreadsheets for certain values, or for extracting some data from a column of a spreadsheet to make new columns. There are many other contexts in which regex is useful when using a computer to search through a document, spreadsheet, or file structure. Some real-world use cases for regex are included on a [ACRL Tech Connect blog post](https://acrl.ala.org/techconnect/post/fear-no-longer-regular-expressions/) .

To embed this knowledge we will not - however - be using computers. Instead we'll use pen and paper for now.

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