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Re: [PLUG] regex question
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> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 19:11:19 -0400
> From: "John Sladek" <jsladek@comcast.net>
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> I'm new to regex and I am trying to use it with mod_rewrite. There is tons
> of stuff out on the web but I figured someone here might be able to get this
> answered quicker than I can find it on my own.
I know you already figured out a solution, but as an FYI I am a big fan
of "The Regex Coach" at http://www.weitz.de/regex-coach/. The latest
versions only run on Windows, but older versions run on Linux. There
are also a few other similar tools you can Google for [1].
The tool gives you two panes, and you put a string target in one and a
Perl compatible regular expression (PCRE) in the other. You then get
real-time feedback on whether the pattern matches, back references, a
stepping tool and more. I do a lot of regexp at work and this is a
really great tool.
Also, O'Reilly's _Mastering Regular Expressions_ is *the* definitive
work on the subject and is an awesome book. This is required reading if
you want to really learn regexps.
Having said all that, I'm not 100% sure of mod_rewrite uses PCRE or some
other flavor. I suspect it's PCRE but can't swear to it.
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[1] Hum, just for fun I checked the Hardy repo and found these:
kodos - A visual regular expression editor
kregexpeditor - graphical regular expression editor plugin for KDE
redet - regular expression development and execution tool
visual-regexp - Interactively debug regular expressions
Later,
JP
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