If you're a programmer, you've undoubtedly needed to search or manipulate text at some point. Regular expressions provide a flexible and concise means to complete most such tasks. However, their power does not come without its problems. Regular expression syntax can be challenging for newcomers, and even seasoned users often have trouble tackling performance issues, the nuances of more advanced features, and matching precisely what they intend and nothing more. Additionally, while most regular expression flavors share a common set of basicsyntax, more advanced features and APIs commonly differ. To help you overcomethese challenges, this book provides hundreds of recipes written for today's most popular programming languages, including C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP,Python, Ruby, and VB.NET. In addition to providing regular expressions you will find useful, this book will deepen your understanding of the field and helpyou write better regular expressions for custom needs. If you've been using regular expressions for years, this book will help you advance to the next level. You'll learn powerful new tricks, steer clear of flavor-specific gotchas, and save valuable time with this huge library of proven solutions to difficult,real-world problems. The contents include: using regular expressions in numerous popular programming and scripting languages; Validation and Formatting input; words, numerical values, and special characters; and, Markup and Data Interchange
- ISBN: 978-0-596-52068-7
- Editorial: O'Reilly
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 31/05/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés