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Introducing Regular Expressions

ebook

If you're a programmer new to regular expressions, this easy-to-follow guide is a great place to start. You'll learn the fundamentals step-by-step with the help of numerous examples, discovering first-hand how to match, extract, and transform text by matching specific words, characters, and patterns.

Regular expressions are an essential part of a programmer's toolkit, available in various Unix utlilities as well as programming languages such as Perl, Java, JavaScript, and C#. When you've finished this book, you'll be familiar with the most commonly used syntax in regular expressions, and you'll understand how using them will save you considerable time.

  • Discover what regular expressions are and how they work
  • Learn many of the differences between regular expressions used with command-line tools and in various programming languages
  • Apply simple methods for finding patterns in text, including digits, letters, Unicode characters, and string literals
  • Learn how to use zero-width assertions and lookarounds
  • Work with groups, backreferences, character classes, and quantifiers
  • Use regular expressions to mark up plain text with HTML5

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    Publisher: O'Reilly Media

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    • ISBN: 9781449338893
    • File size: 5457 KB
    • Release date: August 1, 2012

    EPUB ebook

    • ISBN: 9781449338893
    • File size: 4512 KB
    • Release date: August 1, 2012

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    Languages

    English

    If you're a programmer new to regular expressions, this easy-to-follow guide is a great place to start. You'll learn the fundamentals step-by-step with the help of numerous examples, discovering first-hand how to match, extract, and transform text by matching specific words, characters, and patterns.

    Regular expressions are an essential part of a programmer's toolkit, available in various Unix utlilities as well as programming languages such as Perl, Java, JavaScript, and C#. When you've finished this book, you'll be familiar with the most commonly used syntax in regular expressions, and you'll understand how using them will save you considerable time.

  • Discover what regular expressions are and how they work
  • Learn many of the differences between regular expressions used with command-line tools and in various programming languages
  • Apply simple methods for finding patterns in text, including digits, letters, Unicode characters, and string literals
  • Learn how to use zero-width assertions and lookarounds
  • Work with groups, backreferences, character classes, and quantifiers
  • Use regular expressions to mark up plain text with HTML5

  • Expand title description text