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* '''2008-04-01''' [http://www.bitcetera.com/en/techblog/2008/04/01/regex-in-a-nutshell/ Regex in a Nutshell]: small collection of links including a how-to, two online testers, and a "cheat sheet" PDF | * '''2008-04-01''' [http://www.bitcetera.com/en/techblog/2008/04/01/regex-in-a-nutshell/ Regex in a Nutshell]: small collection of links including a how-to, two online testers, and a "cheat sheet" PDF | ||
* '''2006-02-19''' [http://osteele.com/archives/2006/02/reanimator Visualizing Regular Expressions]: blog entry by the author of reAnimator, a regex implementation visualizer | * '''2006-02-19''' [http://osteele.com/archives/2006/02/reanimator Visualizing Regular Expressions]: blog entry by the author of reAnimator, a regex implementation visualizer | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 1 February 2010
computing: software: programming: regex
Overview
Regex is shorthand for "Regular Expressions", a syntax used in string matching and replacement. It is especially heavily used in Perl, and the Linux utility grep is basically a front end for regex geared towards file-searching.
Articles
Examples
- \[http://[a-z|0-9|\.|\-]+\.[a-z|0-9|.|\-]+[a-z|0-9|\.|\-\/]* [a-z|0-9| ]+\]( )*
- matches a link in MediaWiki markup (it could probably be more precise, but catches most of them)
- (\[http://[a-z|0-9|\.|\-]+\.[a-z|0-9|.|\-]+[a-z|0-9|\.|\-\/]* [a-z|0-9| ]+\]( )*){5,}
- matches at least 6 links in a row with nothing except spaces between them; good for detecting spam
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia (Regular expression)
- Regular-Expressions.info
Posts
- 2008-04-01 Regex in a Nutshell: small collection of links including a how-to, two online testers, and a "cheat sheet" PDF
- 2006-02-19 Visualizing Regular Expressions: blog entry by the author of reAnimator, a regex implementation visualizer
