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* (\[http://[a-z|0-9|\.|\-]+\.[a-z|0-9|.|\-]+[a-z|0-9|\.|\-\/]* [a-z|0-9| ]+\]( )*){5,} | * (\[http://[a-z|0-9|\.|\-]+\.[a-z|0-9|.|\-]+[a-z|0-9|\.|\-\/]* [a-z|0-9| ]+\]( )*){5,} | ||
** matches at least 6 links in a row with nothing except spaces between them; good for detecting spam | ** matches at least 6 links in a row with nothing except spaces between them; good for detecting spam | ||
==Links== | |||
* '''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 13:39, 17 January 2008
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
- 2006-02-19 Visualizing Regular Expressions: blog entry by the author of reAnimator, a regex implementation visualizer
