The first time I ever encountered a regular expression was many years ago now, but I still remember my first thoughts on it: What is this string-like thing? I don’t want to touch it, it looks scary. I ...

Regular expressions come in handy for all varieties of text processing, but are often misunderstood--even by veteran developers. Here's a look at intermediate-level regular expressions and what they ...

I have a string that contains text and custom tags for pictures. the custom tag looks like this: <picture_x#al> is it possible via regexp to replace the custom tags ...

Regex is a powerful – yet overlooked – tool in search and data analysis. With just a single line, you can automate what would otherwise take dozens of lines of code. Short for “regular expression,” ...

I'm one program away from using Linux full-time on my laptop - I need a replacement for Home Site (a web page editor). I can fumble around in both vim and emacs well enough to do everything I want ...

This article explains what regex (or regular expressions) is and how to get started using it with web crawlers, plus some interesting real-world use cases. One technology skill that is too-often ...

Grepping is awesome, as long as you don't glob it up! This article covers some grep and regex basics. There are generally two types of coffee drinkers. The first type buys a can of pre-ground beans ...

Granted, that single line RegEx looks like a random garble of characters at first glance. In reality, it is a carefully constructed set of rules to dictate a pattern match on a string. As a primer, ...