Regular expression is troublesome but extremely powerful and useful, this is indisputable fact. Practical use after learning will help you improve the working efficiency of your applications and bring you the absolute sense of accomplishment. As long as carefully read some tutorials and get certain reference in the practical application, mastering regular expression is not a problem.

Regular Expression Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition is just a mini edition of encyclopedia about regular expression (only 128 pages), which can be regarded as a dictionary or grammar book to read. So you should know this book is only used as a reference manual which is suitable for readers who have been already familiar with regular expressions. If you want to start from scratch to learn Regular Expression techniques, it is recommended to read O'Reilly's Master Regular Expressions instead (AppNee will share it as soon).

Supported Languages

  • Perl 5.8
  • Java(java.util.regex)
  • .NET and C#
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • JavaScript
  • PCRE
  • Apache Web Server
  • vi Editor
  • Shell Tools
*** This book has a separate chapter for the above each programming language/tool to introduce its features in detail.

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