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BartB · 01-05-2012, 12:23 AM

I'm not sure exactly where I learn't about it but it is used by PCRE which is the regex engine now used by Sigil.

Have a look at this link for background info that might help explain a bit about PCRE.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_Co...ar_Expressions

It took me about 10 weeks to start to get my head around regex but once I started to get it I found that I could cut up to 80% off my conversion times (I take web based yarns and convert them to epub for my later re-reading).

Look for regex tutorials on the web and keep butting your head against it and eventually it will get through.

01-05-2012, 12:23 AM	#7
BartB Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Geelong, Australia Device: Kobo	I'm not sure exactly where I learn't about it but it is used by PCRE which is the regex engine now used by Sigil. Have a look at this link for background info that might help explain a bit about PCRE. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perl_Co...ar_Expressions It took me about 10 weeks to start to get my head around regex but once I started to get it I found that I could cut up to 80% off my conversion times (I take web based yarns and convert them to epub for my later re-reading). Look for regex tutorials on the web and keep butting your head against it and eventually it will get through.