Regular Expressions Cookbook

Take the guesswork out of using regular expressions. With more than 140 practical recipes, this cookbook provides everything you need to solve a wide range of real-world problems. Novices will learn basic skills and tools, and programmers and experienced users will find a wealth of detail. Each recipe provides samples you can use right away.

This revised edition covers the regular expression flavors used by C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET. You’ll learn powerful new tricks, avoid flavor-specific gotchas, and save valuable time with this huge library of practical solutions.

Learn regular expressions basics through a detailed tutorial
Use code listings to implement regular expressions with your language of choice
Understand how regular expressions differ from language to language
Handle common user input with recipes for validation and formatting
Find and manipulate words, special characters, and lines of text
Detect integers, floating-point numbers, and other numerical formats
Parse source code and process log files
Use regular expressions in URLs, paths, and IP addresses
Manipulate HTML, XML, and data exchange formats
Discover little-known regular expression tricks and techniques