[Edu-sig] Regular Expressions

[Alan Gauld]

>Does anyone teach regular expressions?  

I included a chapter on RE in my beginners book.
The bulk of the content can be found in an article
on the infomIT web site (you need to register, 
but its free).

> I think it's one of the most powerful programming 
> tools (and from my informal observations, one of 
> the most overlooked).  

I agree, hence the chapter. But I also acknowledge 
that REs can be very daunting to a novice - they 
can just look so incomprehensible.

> I've written a tool called Recon , 
> the Regular Expression Test Console.  

If I'd known and its freely available I might 
have asked permission to put it on the CDROM! :-)

>http://erburley.home.netcom.com/recon.html

It certainly looks good...

Alan G.
http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld