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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:35:17 +0100
:Revision: 		2
:Copyright:		All rights reserved

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Understanding Regular Expressions
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:Keywords: regular expressions, pcre, backtracking, atomic groups, quanitifier, greedy, modifier, character class, patter, sub pattern, grouping, assertions, anchors, presentation, Confoo.ca
:Description: Regular expressions seem to be some kind of dark magic for many developers. Although easy to understand, they consist of strange characters like brackets, dots, …

Regular expressions seem to be some kind of dark magic for many developers.
Although easy to understand, they consist of strange characters like brackets,
dots, asterisks and questions marks. However, as soon as you have understood
what is going on behind the curtain, you do not want to miss regular
expressions in many areas.

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