JavaScript defined a regex class fairly early on to insulate users of
that xTalk-like language from the rigors of RegEx syntax, which can
be not only daunting but is inherently unreadable, sort of like
assembly language.
Dan
On Jul 3, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Mark Wieder wrote:
Marielle-
Sunday, July 3, 2005, 4:57:28 AM, you wrote:
ML> Of course, the learning curve is very very slow... of course it
is very easy to
ML> make errors and quite difficult to keep track of what you are
effectively
ML> doing. My approach is to test my regEx in editors like BBedit
(mac) or notetab
ML> (pc) first, so that I can tune them in an environment where I
can rapidly check
ML> that the effects are as desired (and yes, this may take a few
trial and
ML> errors).
I'm also quite fond of The Regex Coach (pc)
http://weitz.de/index.html
ML> Believe me, once you come to master regEx (which requires
extensive use, in
ML> different contexts) them, you come to see them as a real
blessing rather than a
ML> curse. After a rocky start, you just fall deeply in love with
them.
...although I dare say that anyone who has trouble with Hungarian
notation will run screaming from regex syntax. Very powerful, but
about as far from xTalk's natural language approach as you can get...
--
-Mark Wieder
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