Help with Regular Expressions

3 Comments

• I have tried out Espresso, but it was not until I started using RegexBuddy that I started using Regular Expressions more often.
  I did have some troubles with running RegexBuddy in Vista, but it appears as though the recent upgrade has fixed the problem.
  Espresso's price is better, but I think the 30.00 or so I spent on RegexBuddy is pretty good.
  

• It's also nice in that it adds documenation to the code it generates:
  
  ///
  /// A description of the regular expression:
  ///
  /// [Zip]: A named capture group. [\d{5}]
  /// Any digit, exactly 5 repetitions
  /// -
  /// [Sub]: A named capture group. [\d{4}]
  /// Any digit, exactly 4 repetitions
  ///
  ///
  ///
  public static Regex regex = new Regex(
  "(?\\d{5})-(?\\d{4})",
  RegexOptions.IgnoreCase
  | RegexOptions.CultureInvariant
  | RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace
  | RegexOptions.Compiled
  );
  

• Have a look at Komodo regular expression, I used it while learned it. It's very good, but also costs money.