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+2  Q: 

Basic Regex information

Where can I find basic information on Regex? My textbook does not explain it very well.

+4  A: 
jeffamaphone  2010-07-24 00:47:39
Also the regular expression library [documentation](http://docs.python.org/library/re.html) was fun.
Ashish  2010-07-24 03:38:57
A: 

perldoc perlrequick

perldoc perlre

ghostdog74  2010-07-24 00:49:34
A: 

I wrote a tutorial some time ago. Here's the link: http://tech.bluesmoon.info/2006/04/beginning-regular-expressions.html

bluesmoon  2010-07-24 00:58:24
A: 

A couple of books,

The AWK Programming Language - Aho, Kernighan, Weinberger Mastering Regular Expressions - Jeffrey Friedl

and a paper.

Regular Expression Matching Can Be Simple And Fast (but is slow in Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, ...)

sauparna  2010-07-24 02:46:40
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If you're wanting to find tools to help with regex pattern matching as well, the best one I've found is here:

http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/desktop/

And it's completely free. It also has some examples to help you, too. Hope this helps!

Josh  2010-07-24 08:10:50

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