For questions about the function RegularExpression which is used in string patterns in functions as StringCases, StringReplace, StringPosition,StringCount etc.

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Finding all dictionary words that can be made with a given set of characters (Wordfeud/Scrabble)

This is a slightly more involved variant of this recent question. By sheer coincidence I happened to have been building a Wordfeud (Scrabble clone) game in Mathematica. My interactive Wordfeud ...
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Should I use \\\“ or \” to match " in regex?

Both of the following return True: ...
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Mathematica equivalent of regex '\w{2,3}'

It beats me to write the Mathematica pattern equivalent to the regex: \w{2,3} Any ideas?
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What pattern will match accented letters in a regular expression?

How should I modify the following such that the accented letter É is matched and the expression returns True? ...
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Creating lists from a string, separating words from numbers

Say I have a string that contains numbers and words, such as this one: string = "there are 1234 words and numbers 5678 in here $999"; How would I separate the ...
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Tabs inside expression to format code

In a similar spirit to a question proffered several days back,and as that question stated, Since the front-end is quite extendable my question is... Does the front end provide any way to use ...