Pat wrote: > Faheem Mitha wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I need to match a string of the form >> >> capital_letter underscore capital_letter number >> >> against a string of the form >> >> anything capital_letter underscore capital_letter number >> some_stuff_not_starting with a number >> > <snip> >> DUKE00001_plateD_A12.CEL. >> >> Thanks in advance. Please cc me with any reply. >> Faheem. >> > > While I can't provide you with an answer, I can say that I've been using > RegExBuddy (for Windows, about $40, 90 day money back guarantee, > http://www.regexbuddy.com/) for quite a few months now and it's greatly > helped me with creating/learning/debugging regexps. You put in your > regexp in the top field and all the possibilities in the bottom field. > Whatever matches is instantly highlighted. You keep modifying your RE > until only the correct matches are highlighted. Talk about instant > gratification! No, I'm in no way affiliated with this company. > > There's also a free *IX version that's quite similar to RegExBuddy but I > don't have the name since I'm writing this while on a Windows platform. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > Or you could use the Kodos tool, written in Python and well worth a trial since it's free. Google is, as always, your friend in locating it.
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