Learning resource for RegEx

Question

I need to learn about RegEx? Does anyone know any good online resource for that.

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Check this online tools:

• RegExPal
• Rubular
• TxtToRe

This non-online tools are very helpful:

• RegexBuddy
• Expresso
• RegexCoach

Also you might find helpful sites like RegexLib.

Answer 2

Take a look at the answers to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4736/learning-regular-expressions.

Answer 3

I recommend http://www.regular-expressions.info - great tutorial and regex reference. That site's creator, Jan Goyvaerts, also blogs at http://www.regexguru.com/, also highly recommended.

Answer 4

The best way to learn is to start using regEx on your project.

I always use Expresso and I found a good cheat sheet thst helps me.

Answer 5

Jeff Friedl's web site for "Mastering Regular Expressions".