Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes

Appendix C. The Regular Expression Tester

Testing and experimenting with regular expressions requires the use of an application or language (and possibly the writing of code, too). To help you learn and test regular expressions, you may find it useful to download and use the standalone Regular Expression Tester application that was created specifically for this book. This appendix briefly describes this application.

Understanding the Regular Expression Tester Application

Regular expressions are not an application—you can’t just click an icon and use them. Rather, they require that you write regular expression code or use an application with regular expression support built in.

And so, to assist readers in their quest for regular expression ...