Regular Expressions Cookbook
Regular Expressions Cookbook by Jan Goyvaerts, published by O’Reilly Media, Inc. on May 22, 2009, is a comprehensive guide designed for programmers seeking to enhance their skills in data manipulation and text processing using regular expressions. This edition spans 493 pages and is presented in English, offering a wealth of practical recipes that cater to various programming languages including C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET.
Readers will find over 100 recipes that provide step-by-step instructions for common tasks involving regular expressions. The book covers essential topics such as validating and formatting input, managing words and numerical values, and understanding the nuances of regex features across different languages. With a focus on both novice and experienced users, Regular Expressions Cookbook aims to deepen knowledge and improve efficiency by addressing common pitfalls and offering proven solutions to real-world challenges in software development and engineering.
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This cookbook provides more than 100 recipes to help you crunch data and manipulate text with regular expressions. Every programmer can find uses for regular expressions, but their power doesn’t come worry-free. Even seasoned users often suffer from poor performance, false positives, false negatives, or perplexing bugs. Regular Expressions Cookbook offers step-by-step instructions for some of the most common tasks involving this tool, with recipes for C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET.With this book, you will:Understand the basics of regular expressions through a concise tutorialUse regular expressions effectively in several programming and scripting languagesLearn how to validate and format inputManage words, lines, special characters, and numerical valuesFind solutions for using regular expressions in URLs, paths, markup, and data exchangeLearn the nuances of more advanced regex featuresUnderstand how regular expressions’ APIs, syntax, and behavior differ from language to languageWrite better regular expressions for custom needsWhether you’re a novice or an experienced user, Regular Expressions Cookbook will help deepen your knowledge of this unique and irreplaceable tool. You’ll learn powerful new tricks, avoid language-specific gotchas, and save valuable time with this huge library of proven solutions to difficult, real-world problems.
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