Graham Samuel wrote: > The RunRev docs yield the explanation and definition of regular > expressions, used for example in the matchText function, to the > following link: > > <http://www.pcre.org/man.txt> > > > while doubtless definitive, this amounts to an academic thesis of many > many pages, and of little practical use to folks not brought up on > Unix, such as myself, who don't have quite a few hours to spare. > > Of course there is no shortage of other texts on regex to be found on > Google, but can anyone suggest a concise primer that will help me > parse ascii strings without too many tears? If there is one, maybe > it's time to suggest that RunRev mention it in the documentation.
There is a pretty nice site that comes very close to, if not exactly, what you are looking for: http://www.regular-expressions.info/examples.html I believe they also have a book they sell that goes into even more detail. All the regex on here works on Rev. Aloha from Hawaii, Jim Bufalini _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
