Regular Expressions: The Little Engine that Could(n't)?

By David Oswald (‎davido‎) from saltlake.pm
Date: Wednesday, 10 June 2015 11:00
Duration: 50 minutes
Target audience: Beginner
Language: English
Tags: beginner perl5 regex

Starting with the basics of regular expressions we will wend our way through metacharacters, metasymbols, character classes, quantifiers, as well as taking closer look at the power (and pitfalls) of backtracking. Learn how to control Perl's regex engine, and harness its power while minimizing pain.

Attended by: Joseph Hall, Rick Bychowski (‎rickbike‎), Beth Rhinelander, matt minkin, Kent Schaeffer, Curtis Jewell (‎CSJewell‎), James Morgan (‎Ven'Tatsu‎), Jeremy Zawodny, David Oswald (‎davido‎), Robert Threet (‎RAT‎), Jeff Smith, Jason Fuller, Joelle Maslak, morgan jones, Cora Davis, Josh Lavin (‎digory‎), Adam Dutko (‎StylusEater‎), Travis Chase, Dan Muey, Scott Gustafson, Wesley Lattin (‎Wes‎), Jeremy Koch,