How to Learn Regular Expressions (RegEx)

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@boehmflute

Do you have any recommended books?

Hey @boehmflute,

These plus Freidl's are listed in the books section of the KM Wiki's RegEx reference page.

I have all of them, plus several tomes on Perl.

• "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes" by Ben Forta (Book)

• "Regular Expressions Cookbook" by Goyvaerts & Levithan (Book)

• "Beginning Regular Expressions" by Watt (Book)

I'm Interested in these two, but I haven't had my hands on them yet.

• Regular Expressions: Pocket Primer

• Introducing Regular Expressions: Unraveling Regular Expressions, Step-by-Step

Note -- “Mastering Regular Expressions” by Jeffry Friedl has its merits but is very technical and not really for beginners.

Reading about regular expressions helps develop vocabulary, but it is only through repeatedly working with them that one develops proficiency.

-Chris