Regular Expression Recipes for Windows Developers

1. Front Matter

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2. Words and Text

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3. URLs and Paths

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4. CSV and Tab-Delimited Files

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5. Formatting and Validating

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6. HTML and XML

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7. Source Code

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8. Back Matter

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Regular expressions are an essential part of programming, but they can be difficult to cope with. Enter Regular Expression Recipes for Windows Developers. This is the only book of its kind that presents material in a functional, concise manner. It contains over 100 of the most popular regular expressions, along with explanations of how to use each one. It also covers all of the major development languages, including JavaScript, VB, VB .NET, and C#.

Author Nathan A. Good teaches by example and provides concise syntax references as necessary throughout the book. You’re sure to find his examples accurate and relevant. This book is an ideal solutions guide for you to keep in a handy place for quick reference.

• .NET
• C#
• Windows
• XML
• development
• language
• programming
• regular expressions

Nathan A. Good lives in the Twin Cities area�of Minnesota. He is a contractor with Alliance of Computer Professionals in Bloomington. When he isn't writing software, Nathan enjoys building PCs and servers, reading about and working with new technologies, and trying to get all his friends to make the move to open source software. When he's not at a computer (which he admits is not often), he spends time with his family, at his church, and at the movies.

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