RegEx Books
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Regular Expression Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
Published 16 years ago includes sample chapter
by Nathan A. Good, Apress
...a handy book to have. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. This book is a good reference for those more interested in simply getting the job done. — Jack Herrington, Code Generation Network Regular Expressions are an essential part of programming, but they sure are hard to come to grips with, aren't they? Fortunately, we have the answer for you! Regular Expression Recipes provides you with all the open source regular expressions you'll ever need, and explains how to use each one.
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Java Regular Expressions: Taming the java.util.regex Engine
Published 17 years ago includes sample chapter
by Mehran Habibi, Apress
Java has always been an excellent language for working with objects. But Java's text manipulation mechanisms have always been limited, compared to languages like AWK and Perl. On the flip side, a new regular expressions package in Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) brings hope to the Java text mechanisms. This package provides you everything necessary to use regular expressions&emdash;all packaged in a simplified object-oriented framework.