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Regular expressions provide an efficient way to match patterns against strings. | Regular expressions provide an efficient way to match patterns against strings. | ||
Both Java and Ruby use a | Both Java and Ruby use a regular expression syntax similar to Perl. | ||
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[http://www.perl.com/doc/manual/html/pod/perlre.html Perl regular expression syntax] | |||
=== How regular expressions are handled in Java === | === How regular expressions are handled in Java === | ||
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=== Other useful links === | === Other useful links === | ||
[http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html Basic regular expression syntax] | |||
[http://www.regular-expressions.info/refadv.html Advanced regular expression syntax] | |||
java.util.regex Examples from The Java Developers Almanac 1.4 <br/> | java.util.regex Examples from The Java Developers Almanac 1.4 <br/> | ||
http://exampledepot.com/egs/java.util.regex/pkg.html | http://exampledepot.com/egs/java.util.regex/pkg.html | ||
Revision as of 01:11, 7 June 2008
Regular expression support in Java and Ruby
What are regular expressions?
Regular expressions provide an efficient way to match patterns against strings. Both Java and Ruby use a regular expression syntax similar to Perl.
Perl regular expression syntax
How regular expressions are handled in Java
An instance of the Pattern class represents a regular expression that is specified in string form in a syntax similiar to that used by Perl.
Package summary for java.util.regex
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/regex/package-summary.html
How regular expressions are handled in Ruby
Class summary for Regexp
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Regexp.html
Other useful links
Basic regular expression syntax Advanced regular expression syntax
java.util.regex Examples from The Java Developers Almanac 1.4
http://exampledepot.com/egs/java.util.regex/pkg.html