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=== How to use regexp === | === How to use regexp === | ||
= Examples = | == Examples == | ||
== Match a pattern == | === Match a pattern === | ||
== Search for text and replace == | === Search for text and replace === | ||
== Collect matches == | === Collect matches === | ||
= References = | = References = | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 5 June 2008
Regular expressions in Ruby versus Java
Ruby supports regular expressions as a language feature without the inclusion of any special classes or modules. Java on the other hand does native regular expression support and it requires the use of special regular expression packages to use them.
Ruby regexp support in more depth
Since Ruby borrows it syntax from Perl the is nothing more than the simple syntax of:
/pattern/modifiers
Java regexp support in more depth
Support for regexp
Java has been around for a while have has never had native regexp support. Because of this regular expression packages had to be created. There was no comprehensive support for regexp support from Java's main contributor, Sun, until Java 4. Because of this there are multiple 3rd party regexp packages for Java floating around:
- java.util.regex The most widely used for regular expressions now due to its inclusion in the JDK since Java 4
- Jakarta Around since 1996, Jakarta was donated to the Apache Software Foundation and is under an open-source, BSD style license
- dk.brics.automaton Automaton is known for being the fastest of the Java regexp implementations
- And the list goes on...
How to use regexp
Examples
Match a pattern
Search for text and replace
Collect matches
References
- Ruby Regexp Class - Regular Expressions in Ruby
- Using Regular Expressions in Java
- java.util.regex
- Jakarta
- dk.brics.automaton
-- Michael Frisch (Tuesday, June 3, 2008)