Re^5: Using Regex to extract variable-length substring

Jeffrey Friedl's Mastering Regular Expressions is really an authority on the subject. It is a O' Reilly book. Not entirely sure, though, that it is the best for a pure beginner. I *think* that it can be downloaded for free (in due respect of the law, that is), but am not entirely sure.

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Re^6: Using Regex to extract variable-length substring by StrangeDucks (Initiate) on Oct 31, 2013 at 00:03 UTC
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. I prefer dead-tree versions over electronic copies and will chuck up the bucks to buy it. Even it not the best for me, I can use it as a reference decoding expressions I find along my travels. I went kicking and screaming into object oriented programming - and still hate it - but, regex's will actually save me coding in the future. I just hate to learn new stuff :)	[reply]

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Re^6: Using Regex to extract variable-length substring
by StrangeDucks (Initiate) on Oct 31, 2013 at 00:03 UTC

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. I prefer dead-tree versions over electronic copies and will chuck up the bucks to buy it. Even it not the best for me, I can use it as a reference decoding expressions I find along my travels.

I went kicking and screaming into object oriented programming - and still hate it - but, regex's will actually save me coding in the future. I just hate to learn new stuff :)

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