1. Introduction to Regular Expressions -- 2. Extended Introductory Examples -- 3. Overview of Regular Expression Features and Flavors -- 4. The Mechanics of Expression Processing -- 5. Practical Regex Techniques -- 6. Crafting an Efficient Expression -- 7. Perl -- 8. Java -- 9. .NET.
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Regular expressions are an extremely powerful tool for manipulating text and data. They have spread like wildfire in recent years, now offered as standard features in Perl, Java, VB.NET and C♯ (and any language using the .NET Framework), PHP, Python, Ruby, Tcl, MySQL, awk, Emacs, and many other popular tools and languages. If you don't use regular expressions yet, you will discover in this book a whole new world of mastery over your data. If you already use them, you'll appreciate this book's unprecedented detail and breadth of coverage. If you think you know all you need to know about regular expressions, this book is a stunning eye-opener.