OT: Regexp buddy

Ruby
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Curious too know if anyone uses or has used the product Regex Buddy ?
It supposedly supports Ruby regexp and is supposed to make the use of
regular expressions a lot easier.
btw, I’m not connected to the software or company but would like to
know how it fits in with Ruby programming.

Stuart

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Dark A. schrieb:

Curious too know if anyone uses or has used the product Regex Buddy ?
It supposedly supports Ruby regexp and is supposed to make the use of
regular expressions a lot easier.
btw, I’m not connected to the software or company but would like to
know how it fits in with Ruby programming.

Stuart
it’s a great tool, I love it…

It prevents you from doing stupid little mistakes that take you hours to
find out…

you can even debug you regex and learn a lot!

ruby (and lot’s of other languages / regex flavours) got some decent
support and
you can even create fancy little code snippets with it!

regards
Peter

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Should have asked this in my original post, but just thought of it.
Does it make a good learning tool for regexp ?

Stuart

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2006/7/8, Dark A. [email protected]:

Should have asked this in my original post, but just thought of it.
Does it make a good learning tool for regexp ?

There’s also RegexpCoach
http://weitz.de/regex-coach/

Which is free for private or non-commercial use. I think this is a
good tool for learning as you can investigate closely how a regexp
goes about matching text. If RegexpBuddy has similar functionality
then it’s probably equally suited to support learning. And then of
course there is Mastering Regular Expressions, 3rd Edition [Book] which is a great
book.

Kind regards

robert

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On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 23:04:50 +0900, you wrote:

There’s also RegexpCoach
The Regex Coach - interactive regular expressions

and redet:

http://billposer.org/Software/redet.html

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I can’t say that I support RegexBuddy 100%. At a glance, it’s a very
powerful and comes with many useful features that appear to be robust.
Their
library of regex is quite excellent that you can get a lot of help very
quickly. It can generate Ruby/Perl/Python/Java code to support regular
expressions. However, it has problems dealing with language specific
regular
expressions and breaks down when an expression gets a bit complicated.
Also,
when I contacted the support, I never hear from them at all! Bottom
line: if
you like the features it supports and find them useful, buy it. I think
it
provides a great way to learn and experiment. If you’re well versed in
regular expressions, it may not help you much. If you’re looking for
support, I hope that you have a lot of time and patience!

–Craig

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From: “Dark A.” [email protected]
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Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: OT: Regexp buddy