Jan Goyvaerts

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away. This revised edition covers the regular expression flavors used by C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET. You’ll learn powerful new tricks, avoid flavor-specific gotchas, and save valuable time with this huge library of practical solutions.

This thorough tutorial teaches you the complete regular expression syntax. Detailed examples and descriptions of how regular expressions work on the inside, give you a deep understanding enabling you to unleash their full power. Learn how to put your new skills to use with tools such as PowerGREP and EditPad Pro, as well as programming languages such as C#, Delphi, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Visual Basic, VBScript, and more.