false 6125777 1 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 basic syntax, more advanced features and APIs commonly differ. <br /> <br /> To help you overcome these challenges, <em>Regular Expressions Cookbook</em> provides 126 recipes written for today's most popular programming languages, including C#, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, and VB.NET. This Cookbook will deepen your understanding of the field and help you write better regular expressions for custom needs. <br /> <br /> Contents include a regular expression tutorial; using regular expressions in programming and scripting languages; validating and formatting input; words, lines, and special characters; numerical values; URLs and paths; markup and data interchange.<br /> <br /> If you've been using regular expressions for years, <em>Regular Expressions Cookbook</em> 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. 6304271 15 5 2009 Regular Expressions Cookbook total:3|5:1|4:2| 3 13 18 0 0 0 false false Sat Nov 21 18:54:46 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 18:54:46 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 11:32:14 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 11:32:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 23:33:45 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 23:33:47 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 07:36:30 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:36:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 11 15:30:14 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 17:53:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 15:30:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 06:23:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 06:23:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Aug 16 07:49:31 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 07:49:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:19:57 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 00:19:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 08 14:51:20 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 14:51:23 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 29 10:18:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 10:18:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 28 21:03:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 21:37:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 26 23:19:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 23:19:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 19 08:42:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 08:42:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 14 22:25:41 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 22:25:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:20:44 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:21:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 08:52:12 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 08:52:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 07:35:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:35:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 07:15:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 07:15:03 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6125777