Regular Expressions Cookbook (GOYVAETS, LEVITHAN)

Regular Expressions Cookbook

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 proven 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.

■ Learn regular expression basics through a detailed tutorial

■ Use code listings to implement regular expressions with your language of choice

■ Understand how regular expressions differ from language to language

■ Handle common user input with recipes for validation and formatting

■ Find and manipulate words, special characters, and lines of text

■ Detect integers, floating-point numbers, and other numerical formats

■ Parse source code and process log files

■ Use regular expressions in URLs, paths, and IP addresses

■ Manipulate HTML, XML, and data exchange formats

■ Discover little-known regular expression tricks and techniques

Jan Goyvaerts runs Just Great Software, where he designs and develops some of the most popular regular expression software.

Steven Levithan is a leading JavaScript regular expression expert and creator of several open source regular expression tools.

“Regular expressions are a timeless technology, and the Regular Expressions Cookbook will surely prove to be a consistent source of both information and inspiration for years to come.” —Ben Nadel, Chief software engineer at Epicenter Consulting