
Learn to use regular expressions, explore meta characters, and perform match and replace operations with practical examples in Java, C-sharp, JavaScript, and grep for dates and IP addresses.
Explore how regular expressions use metacharacters, including brackets for grouping and ranges, negation with the caret, and anchors at string start and end with grep.
Explore metacharacter quantifiers in grep, focusing on curly braces to specify repetition. Learn exact, at least, and range patterns with examples like the social security number format.
Write a PHP regular expression to validate a date in the mm/dd/yyyy format, anchored at the start with groups for month, day, and year, used in a form.
Learn to validate urls using a first regular expression that matches https, ftp, or file protocols, followed by :// and a domain, anchored at the start and the end.
Regular expressions are a powerful tool that can help you to find, replace and format text quickly, but they have a reputation of being extremely hard to understand. In this Regular Expressions training course, this course de-mystifies the sometimes confusing and always-difficult world of Regular Expressions, putting a very powerful tool right at your fingertips.
You will learn how to create Regular Expressions step-by-step, removing the mystery of what the characters represent and how they work together. This training video uses real world scenarios as examples to help re-enforce the lessons. Mike shows you how to validate dates, phone numbers, URLs and emails, as well as how to search for, and correct misspelled words or other content. You will explore how to implement Regular Expressions in PHP, Java, C# and JavaScript.
This video based training course for Regular Expressions is an essential reference for beginner and experienced programmers alike. Once you have completed the tutorial videos, you will have a clear understanding of what Regular Expressions are, and how to use them to solve everyday content formatting problems. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.