Regular expressions are a highly effective tool for manipulating text and data. They have become standard features in many programming languages and development tools, such as Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, VB.NET, C#, PHP, and MySQL.
If you have not yet used regular expressions, you will find in Mastering Regular Expressions a whole new world of control over your data. If you already use them, you will appreciate the extensive detail and coverage in this book. If you believe you already know everything about regular expressions, this book will be a surprising revelation.
As demonstrated in this book, a mastery of regular expressions is a valuable skill. They enable you to write complex and nuanced text processing that you may not have thought could be automated. Regular expressions can save you time and frustration, and can be used to create elegant solutions to a variety of problems. Once you have mastered regular expressions, they will become an essential part of your toolkit, and you will wonder how you managed without them.
Despite their widespread availability, flexibility, and unmatched power, regular expressions are often underused. However, what is a powerful tool in the hands of an expert can be risky for the inexperienced. Mastering Regular Expressions will guide you through the potential pitfalls and help you become an expert in using regular expressions to their fullest potential.
The third edition of Mastering Regular Expressions now features a dedicated chapter on PHP and its powerful regular expression functions, as well as expanded coverage of PHP in the core chapters. Additionally, this edition has been updated to reflect advancements in other languages, including a more in-depth look at Sun's java.util.regex package, which is now the standard Java regex implementation.
In short, topics covered in this book include a comparison of features among different versions of languages and tools, how the regular expression engine works, optimization, matching specific patterns, and individual language-specific sections and chapters. Written in an engaging and clear tone, this book provides solutions to real-world problems and offers valuable information that can be immediately applied by programmers.
Table Of Contents
- Ch. 1: Introduction to Regular Expressions
- Ch. 2: Extended Introductory Examples
- Ch. 3: Overview of Regular Expressions Features and Flavors
- Ch. 4: The Mechanics of Expression Processing
- Ch. 5: Practical Regex Techniques
- Ch. 6: Crafting an Efficient Expression
- Ch. 7: Perl
- Ch. 8: Java
- Ch. 9: .NET
- Ch. 10: PHP
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