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Book:   Regular Expression Pocket Reference
Subject:   Good book for well-versed developers in multiple programming languages
Date:   2007-09-04 13:14:00
From:   joshSVUG
Rating:  StarStarStarStarStar

From the back cover of the Regular Expression Pocket Reference: “Ideal as a quick reference…” and “… makes an ideal on-the-job companion.” All this is true if you are well-versed in regular expressions and use multiple programming languages (and confuse the syntax).


I like the use of the same examples across programming languages (where applicable).


The recipes in the cookbook section are great, although I would have liked to see additional recipes (like stripping HTML tags, matching credit card numbers etc…). Of course the examples are endless and over time one builds his/her own recipe collection. At least this is a good place to start.