Discuss the importance of regular expressions in data analytics. Also, discuss the differences between the types of regular expressions.

Choose two types of regular expressions… For example, [brackets] (Matches the enclosed characters in any order anywhere in a string) and * wildcards (Matches the preceding character 0 or more times) and discuss the differences between the two.

Please be sure to include two or three differences for each. Include how they help manipulate data.

Discussion Length (word count): At least 250 words (not including direct quotes).

References: At least two peer-reviewed, scholarly journal references.