Mastering Regular Expressions
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The Bottom Line
The author really understands regular expressions and provides complete coverage on both how to use them and how they actually work. Some of the examples could have been better thought out though.
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Guide Review - Mastering Regular Expressions
There are quite a few different languages that support Regular Expressions and the author discusses all of them except for Javascript. While this key language has been omitted from the book much of what the book covers is still of great use to those who want to use Regular Expressions with Javascript although the information on which parts do and don't work in different languages only covers the other languages that support regular expressions.
Some of the examples that the author uses also demonstrate that while he has an indepth undertanding of regular expressions he does not understand HTML as several of his examples discuss such things as how to insert paragraph separators (something HTML doesn't have- it uses paragraph containers).
If you want a greater understanding of what can be done with regular expressions and how they work then this will be a really useful book for you to read.
The Bottom Line
The author really understands regular expressions and provides complete coverage on both how to use them and how they actually work. Some of the examples could have been better thought out though.
Pros
- Covers most languages that support Regular Expressions
- Explains how they work as well as how to use them
- Covers all of the variations that different languages use
Cons
- Some examples demonstrate a lack of knowledge of HTML
- The book doesn't mention Javascript
Description
- Third Edition: Published August 2006
- 515 page paperback
- Published by O'Reilly Media
- ISBN 0-596-52812-4
- Understand your data and be more productive
- Author Jeffrey E.F. Friedl
Guide Review - Mastering Regular Expressions
There are quite a few different languages that support Regular Expressions and the author discusses all of them except for Javascript. While this key language has been omitted from the book much of what the book covers is still of great use to those who want to use Regular Expressions with Javascript although the information on which parts do and don't work in different languages only covers the other languages that support regular expressions.
Some of the examples that the author uses also demonstrate that while he has an indepth undertanding of regular expressions he does not understand HTML as several of his examples discuss such things as how to insert paragraph separators (something HTML doesn't have- it uses paragraph containers).
If you want a greater understanding of what can be done with regular expressions and how they work then this will be a really useful book for you to read.
