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eschwartz · 10-13-2015, 02:45 AM

Well, if you haven't had the opportunity to get a grounding in regex before, then you don't have to feel bad about not knowing it.

But since regex is pretty cool, and there's a lot of cool stuff you can do with it, I encourage you to take a look at the following tutorial -- it's the one that taught me everything I know: http://www.regular-expressions.info/

One of the most valuable things it does

is provide detailed step-by-step explanations about what the regex engine sees while it works.

10-13-2015, 02:45 AM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Well, if you haven't had the opportunity to get a grounding in regex before, then you don't have to feel bad about not knowing it. But since regex is pretty cool, and there's a lot of cool stuff you can do with it, I encourage you to take a look at the following tutorial -- it's the one that taught me everything I know: http://www.regular-expressions.info/ One of the most valuable things it does is provide detailed step-by-step explanations about what the regex engine sees while it works. Last edited by eschwartz; 10-13-2015 at 02:48 AM.