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It started with a simple task: write a regex to parse some CSV data. What could possibly go wrong?
// Original regex:
/(.*)(\d{2,3})/
// Result:
[Invalid regex: Too many captures!]
// Debugged regex:
/^\w{3,5}\d{2,3}/
// Result:
[Valid regex!]
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