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Re: Need Regex Tutorial
From: |
J. David Boyd |
Subject: |
Re: Need Regex Tutorial |
Date: |
Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:10:42 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com> writes:
> My last postings have indicate to me that I need to roll up my sleeves
> and learn regex from the ground up.
>
> 1)Info on my GNU emacs *does not* show anything about regular
> expressions. Info on my XEmacs does and it is not sufficient for me.
>
> I would appreciate pointers to online docs on regex, since
> my emacs does appear not have them.
>
> 2)I'm an old dog, but I *can* learn new tricks if I have examples.
> *lots* of examples, starting with the most basic. I can work from the
> Fiedl book, but seeing some basic emacs examples will help me to
> reconcile the differences between emacs regex (or as Friedl calls 'em -
> 'scattered toothpicks') and "classic" approaches
>
> Pointers to examples welcome.
>
> thanks
> tim
>
> --
> Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
> http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com
I hope someone mentioned 'regexp-builder', which lets you create regular
expressions from within emacs and watch how they work.