Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey Ef Friedl

Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey Ef Friedl

Regular expressions are a powerful tool for manipulating text and data. They are now standard features in a range of languages and popular tools, including Perl, Java, VB.NET and C# (and any language using the .NET Framework), PHP, Python, Ruby, Tcl, MySQL, awk, and Emacs. This volume has been updated to include all the new features of Perl 5, 8, as well as several other languages, including Java, VB. NET, C#, Python, JavaScript, Tcl, and Ruby. It offers solutions to complex real-world problems and features information that can be put to immediate use. Topics covered include: a comparison of features among different versions of many languages and tools; how the regular expression engine works; optimization; matching just what you want, but not what you don't want; and sections and chapters on individual languages.

Jeffrey Friedl was raised in the countryside of Rootstown, Ohio, and had aspirations of being an astronomer until one day noticing a TRS-80 Model I sitting unused in the corner of the chem lab (bristling with a full 16k RAM, no less). He eventually began using UNIX (and regular expressions) in 1980. With degrees in computer science from Kent (B.S.) and the University of New Hampshire (M.S.), he is now an engineer with Omron Corporation, Kyoto, Japan. He lives in Nagaokakyou-city with Tubby, his long-time friend and Teddy Bear, in a tiny apartment designed for a (Japanese) family of three. Jeffrey applies his regular-expression know-how to make the world a safer place for those not bilingual in English and Japanese. He is active in a variety of language-related projects, both in print and on the Web. When faced with the daunting task of filling his copious free time, Jeffrey enjoys riding through the mountainous countryside of Japan on his Honda CB-1. At the age of 30, he finally decided to put his 6'4" height to some use, and joined the Omron company basketball team. While finalizing the manuscript for Mastering Regular Expressions., he took time out to appear in his first game, scoring five points in nine minutes of play, which he feels is pretty darn good for a geek. When visiting his family in The States, Jeffrey enjoys dancing a two-step with his mom, binking old coins with his dad, and playing schoffkopf with his brothers and sisters.

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ISBN 13	9780596002893
ISBN 10	0596002890
Title	Mastering Regular Expressions
Author	Jeffrey E F Friedl
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	O'Reilly Media
Year published	2002-08-27
Number of pages	470
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