Need Regex Tutorial

Need Regex Tutorial

[Tim Johnson]

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

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RE: Need Regex Tutorial

[Herbert Euler]

I found one here:

    http://analyser.oli.tudelft.nl/regex/index.html.en

Hope that is useful for you. BTW, why are there no
anything about regular expressions on your info?
Perhaps you can try:

    C-h i melisp RET mregexp example RET

Regards,
Guanpeng Xu

>From: Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
>To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>Subject: Need Regex Tutorial
>Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:48:08 -0900
>
>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
>
>
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Re: Need Regex Tutorial

[Tim Johnson]

* Herbert Euler <herberteuler@hotmail.com> [051204 21:56]:
> I found one here:
> 
>    http://analyser.oli.tudelft.nl/regex/index.html.en
 
  That will be helpful. Yes.

> Hope that is useful for you. BTW, why are there no
> anything about regular expressions on your info?

  I don't know. I also have Xemacs. I suspect a plugin changed things

> Perhaps you can try:
  
>    C-h i melisp RET mregexp example RET
 
  On Xemacs, that works.
  Thanks. BTW: Found that I also have "Regular Expression Recipes"
  by Nathan Good. I should be good to go now.
  thank you!
  tim

> Regards,
> Guanpeng Xu
> 
> >From: Tim Johnson <tim@johnsons-web.com>
> >To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> >Subject: Need Regex Tutorial
> >Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 17:48:08 -0900
> >
> >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
> >
> >
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> >Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
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Re: Need Regex Tutorial

[J. David Boyd]

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.

Re: Need Regex Tutorial

[Tim Johnson]

* J. David Boyd <david@adboyd.com> [051206 11:24]:
> 
> I hope someone mentioned 'regexp-builder', which lets you create regular
> expressions from within emacs and watch how they work.
> 
  :-) That someone is you apparently and what a good tip it is! 
  I believe this the "re-builder" module packaged with my version 21.2

  Glad you brought this up. It is going to be very helpful

  thanks
  tim

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