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Steve Jones asks about the disclosure of source code in legal proceedings.
Steve Jones asks about the disclosure of source code in legal proceedings.
Steve Jones asks about the disclosure of source code in legal proceedings.
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The regular expression transformation exposes the power of regular expression matching within the pipeline. One or more columns can be selected, and for each column an individual expression can be applied. If all columns selected pass their tests then rows are passed down the successful match output. Rows that fail to pass all tests are directed down the alternate output.
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In thinking about the differences between the identity property and a sequence object, which of these two guarantees that there are consecutive numbers (according to the increment) inserted in a single table?
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