Regular Expressions Cookbook, 2nd Edition: Detailed Solutions in Eight Programming Languages
by Jan Goyvaerts, Steven Levithan

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away.

This revised edition covers the regular expression flavors used by C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET. You’ll learn powerful new tricks, avoid flavor-specific gotchas, and save valuable time with this huge library of practical solutions.

Learn regular expressions basics through a detailed tutorial

Use code listings to implement regular expressions with your language of choice

Understand how regular expressions differ from language to language

Handle common user input with recipes for validation and formatting

Find and manipulate words, special characters, and lines of text

Detect integers, floating-point numbers, and other numerical formats

Parse source code and process log files

Use regular expressions in URLs, paths, and IP addresses

Manipulate HTML, XML, and data exchange formats

Discover little-known regular expression tricks and techniques

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Publisher: O'Reilly
Page Count (est.): 594
ISBN10: 1449319432
ISBN13: 9781449319434
Cover: Paperback
Pub Date: 8/31/2012