# OT: Regexp buddy **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [July 8, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612 "2006-07-08T19:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612/1 "2006-07-08T19:09:51Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612/2 "2006-08-03T14:24:14Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612/3 "2006-08-03T14:24:16Z")
Should have asked this in my original post, but just thought of it. Does it make a good learning tool for regexp ? Stuart ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612/4 "2006-08-03T14:24:17Z")
2006/7/8, Dark A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > 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/](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]](http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex/) which is a great book. Kind regards robert ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612/5 "2006-08-03T14:24:24Z")
On Sat, 8 Jul 2006 23:04:50 +0900, you wrote: > There’s also RegexpCoach > [The Regex Coach - interactive regular expressions](http://weitz.de/regex-coach/) and redet: [http://billposer.org/Software/redet.html](http://billposer.org/Software/redet.html) [http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1](http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1) ROVING SWARM: [Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos](http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roving_swarm/) telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org ---
**Author:** ![zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/e99b99/32.png) [@zanoni](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/zanoni)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-regexp-buddy/97612/6 "2006-08-15T14:21:48Z")
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 ----- Original Message ----- From: “Dark A.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: “ruby-talk ML” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: OT: Regexp buddy