I just found a great series of regexp training videos on the web at http://www.multiurl.com/ga/regexdummies. It uses another very useful interactive training site at http://www.gskinner.com/RegExr/.
I'm already seeing things in my code I could have done much more simply using regular expressions. Im guessing that regular expressions are how items, lines, and words are implemented deep down inside LC. Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Charles E Buchwald <char...@buchwald.ca>wrote: > I learned to use regex by playing with the find and replace tools in > BBEdit. (Now I use TextEdit, which also works well for this.) > And as I've noted in the LC Dictionary, I find this reference useful: > http://www.regextester.com/pregsyntax.html > > - Charles > > On 2012-12-28, at 11:26 AM, Peter Haworth <p...@lcsql.com> wrote: > > > Seriously though, I have this feeling that matchText and matchChunk are > > potentially very useful tools if only I could understand the syntax of > > regular expressions. I've been to both web references mentioned in > > the dictionary and have a really hard time understanding them. > > > > Does anyone have any references to using regular expressions, preferable > > with lots of examples? > > > > Pete > > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net > >wrote: > > > >> Peter- > >> > >> Thursday, December 27, 2012, 9:06:19 PM, you wrote: > >> > >>>>> You mean regex doesn't make you run around babbling about purple > >> things?! > >>> You mean regex doesn't make you run around babbling about purple > things?! > >> > >> ...I suppose the next step is to make it recursive... > >> > >> -- > >> -Mark Wieder > >> mwie...@ahsoftware.net > >> > > > -- > Charles E. Buchwald > http://buchwald.ca > Vancouver / Mexico City / NYC > Member of the 02 Global Network for Sustainable Design • Connect on > LinkedIn • Follow me on Twitter > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
