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You want to read Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey E.F. Friedl. He dedicates chapters to this, and it's an excellent book.

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by kyle (Abbot) on Dec 07, 2009 at 16:14 UTC

    Thanks! I've heard great things about that book in the past but I never had a good reason to dive into it. Maybe it's finally time to pick it up.

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