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From: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Regex reference
Date: 4 Feb 2010 18:20:32 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnhmm3vb.jr.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2010020407591216807-tsd@tsdyecom

Tom Dye wrote:
> I'm able to use regular expressions in LISP strings fairly regularly 
> for simple situations.  I'd like to get better at this, so that it is 
> easier for me to conceptualize possible solutions to more complex 
> problems.   Can anyone offer either print or on-line references that 
> might help me think about regular expressions in LISP strings more 
> effectively?  I need something more than a concise description of each 
> character, something that will help me find the right frame of mind (so 
> to speak).

M-x re-builder might be of service.

(see the documentation in the file re-builder.el.)


-- 
Joost Kremers                                      joostkremers@yahoo.com
Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht
EN:SiS(9)


  reply	other threads:[~2010-02-04 18:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-04 17:59 Regex reference Tom Dye
2010-02-04 18:20 ` Joost Kremers [this message]
2010-02-04 19:15 ` Drew Adams
     [not found] ` <mailman.700.1265310996.14305.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-02-04 22:20   ` Tom Dye

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