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Jabby · 03-20-2011, 04:29 PM

I'm having a bad time with regex. I've read everything about it I can find but I can't seem to figure out how to build a replace string (I can't find any examples).

For instance, in this discussion what does "\1" mean and what does it do?

Can anybody point me to a book or tutorial that uses specific examples to explain Regex? I have found quite a few tutorials that do this for the search function, but none for the the replace string.

Thanks and regards - John

P.S. Long, long ago, in a place far away, I wrote, as we called them then, a "string processor" for the PDP-8. I do understand the concept - its the syntax that befuddles me.

03-20-2011, 04:29 PM	#12
Jabby Jr. - Junior Member Posts: 586 Karma: 2000358 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Alabama Device: Archos, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Nexus and Samsung tablets in 7,8 and 10"	I'm having a bad time with regex. I've read everything about it I can find but I can't seem to figure out how to build a replace string (I can't find any examples). For instance, in this discussion what does "\1" mean and what does it do? Can anybody point me to a book or tutorial that uses specific examples to explain Regex? I have found quite a few tutorials that do this for the search function, but none for the the replace string. Thanks and regards - John P.S. Long, long ago, in a place far away, I wrote, as we called them then, a "string processor" for the PDP-8. I do understand the concept - its the syntax that befuddles me.