Mastering Regular Expressions, 3/E (Paperback)

This book will get you up to speed on theproductivity secrets that will make your life easier: regular expressions.Well-crafted regular expressions can reduce hours of tedious labor to a15-second solution. Now a standard feature in a wide range of languages andpopular tools including Perl, PHP, Java, Python, Ruby, MySQL, VB.NET, and C#(and any language using the .NET Framework) regular expressions will allow youto code complex and subtle text processing that you never imagined could beautomated.

MasteringRegular Expressions, Third Edition, nowincludes material on PHP and its powerful regular expressions. This edition hasbeen updated throughout to reflect advances in other languages, includingexpanded in-depth coverage of Sun's java.util.regex, with special attention tothe many differences between Java 1.4.2 and Java 1.5/1.6.

Topicsinclude:

• A comparison of features among many languages and tools
• How a regular expression engine works
• Optimization (major savings available here!)
• Matching only what you want, not what you don't
• Sections and chapters on individual languages

Writtenin the lucid, entertaining tone that makes a complex topic become crystal clearto programmers, and filled with solutions to difficult real-world problems,Mastering Regular Expressions, Third Edition, offers a wealth of informationthat you can put to immediate use to craft elegant, time-saving solutions to awide range of issues.

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