2. Working with Text: Get the Most out of "Plain" Text and Regular Expressions

Written on April 26th, 2024 by Nathan Gibson

Get the Most out of "Plain" Text and Regular Expressions

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Learning objective

Understand plain text as a foundational type of data.

Required Readings

• Unicode, Inc., What is Unicode? (2017)
• , Unicode Character Table - Full List of Unicode Symbols (2024)

Zotero: Further Reading (optional)

Optional Assignment

Keeping in mind the limitations of data sources that we discussed, consider what kinds of questions ChatGPT or a similar chat AI might have difficulty answering accurately. Try asking it a question and let us know what happened. Did it give you an accurate answer?