Comments on: 10 Reasons to Learn and Use Regular Expressions http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions A JavaScript and regular expression centric blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mark Bosley http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions/comment-page-1#comment-38586 Mark Bosley Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:59:18 +0000 http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions#comment-38586 Don't forget XML-Schema http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#regexs For XML-Schema, it is not a matter of being able 'do' want you want in procedural code. Regex is the only way to constain a string to a pattern. Don’t forget XML-Schema
http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema11-2/#regexs

For XML-Schema, it is not a matter of being able ‘do’ want you want in procedural code. Regex is the only way to constain a string to a pattern.

]]> By: Baseplane Tools: Regular Expressions http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions/comment-page-1#comment-15988 Baseplane Tools: Regular Expressions Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:32:13 +0000 http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions#comment-15988 [...] This is just a few great uses. When you build your regex libraries, they never die, they span all platforms. Check out ten great reasons to learn and use regular expressions. [...] [...] This is just a few great uses. When you build your regex libraries, they never die, they span all platforms. Check out ten great reasons to learn and use regular expressions. [...]

]]> By: Steve Cooper http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions/comment-page-1#comment-14225 Steve Cooper Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:15:03 +0000 http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions#comment-14225 A possible number 11; because if you don't, you'll have to write 200 lines of buggy code to figure out if that string contains an email address. Then another 200 to find a URL. And WRT to number 6; regexen might not be ultra-portable between flavours, but I can port a .net regex to a perl regex faster than you can port those 200 lines of c#... So yeah, writing in regex is much more portable than the alternative. A possible number 11; because if you don’t, you’ll have to write 200 lines of buggy code to figure out if that string contains an email address. Then another 200 to find a URL.

And WRT to number 6; regexen might not be ultra-portable between flavours, but I can port a .net regex to a perl regex faster than you can port those 200 lines of c#… So yeah, writing in regex is much more portable than the alternative.

]]> By: Picando Código http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions/comment-page-1#comment-14169 Picando Código Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:39:34 +0000 http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions#comment-14169 <strong>10 razones para aprender y usar Expresiones regulares...</strong> Algo más para agregar a la lista interminable de “Cosas que tengo que aprender”: 10. Las expresiones regulares están en todos lados Una lista de lenguajes de programación y herramientas que usan expresiones regulares. Links a su document... 10 razones para aprender y usar Expresiones regulares…

Algo más para agregar a la lista interminable de “Cosas que tengo que aprender”:
10. Las expresiones regulares están en todos lados
Una lista de lenguajes de programación y herramientas que usan expresiones regulares. Links a su document…

]]> By: links for 2008-02-09 | Libin Pan http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions/comment-page-1#comment-13892 links for 2008-02-09 | Libin Pan Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:25:48 +0000 http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/10-reasons-to-learn-and-use-regular-expressions#comment-13892 [...] 10 Reasons to Learn and Use Regular Expressions 10 Reasons to Learn and Use Regular Expressions (tags: article regex programming regexp) [...] [...] 10 Reasons to Learn and Use Regular Expressions 10 Reasons to Learn and Use Regular Expressions (tags: article regex programming regexp) [...]

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