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Mastering Regular Expressions, 2nd Edition
By Jeffrey E. F. Friedl
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: July 2002
ISBN	: 0-596-00289-0
Pages	: 484

		Copyright
		Dedication
		Preface
			The Need for This Book
			Intended Audience
			How to Read This Book
			Organization
			Typographical Conventions
			Exercises
			Links, Code, Errata, and Contacts
			Personal Comments and Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction to Regular Expressions
			Section 1.1.  Solving Real Problems
			Section 1.2.  Regular Expressions as a Language
			Section 1.3.  The Regular-Expression Frame of Mind
			Section 1.4.  Egrep Metacharacters
			Section 1.5.  Expanding the Foundation
			Section 1.6.  Personal Glimpses
			Section 1.7.  Quiz Answer
		Chapter 2.  Extended Introductory Examples
			Section 2.1.  About the Examples
			Section 2.2.  Matching Text with Regular Expressions
			Section 2.3.  Modifying Text with Regular Expressions
			Section 2.4.  Quiz Answers
		Chapter 3.  Overview of Regular Expression Features and Flavors
			Section 3.1.  A Casual Stroll Across the Regex Landscape
			Section 3.2.  Care and Handling of Regular Expressions
			Section 3.3.  Strings, Character Encodings, and Modes
			Section 3.4.  Common Metacharacters and Features
			Section 3.5.  Guide to the Advanced Chapters
		Chapter 4.  The Mechanics of Expression Processing
			Section 4.1.  Start Your Engines!
			Section 4.2.  Match Basics
			Section 4.3.  Regex-Directed Versus Text-Directed
			Section 4.4.  Backtracking
			Section 4.5.  More About Greediness and Backtracking
			Section 4.6.  NFA, DFA, and POSIX
			Section 4.7.  Summary
			Section 4.8.  Quiz Answers
		Chapter 5.  Practical Regex Techniques
			Section 5.1.  Regex Balancing Act
			Section 5.2.  A Few Short Examples
			Section 5.3.  HTML-Related Examples
			Section 5.4.  Extended Examples
		Chapter 6.  Crafting an Efficient Expression
			Section 6.1.  A Sobering Example
			Section 6.2.  A Global View of Backtracking
			Section 6.3.  Benchmarking
			Section 6.4.  Common Optimizations
			Section 6.5.  Techniques for Faster Expressions
			Section 6.6.  Unrolling the Loop
			Section 6.7.  The Freeflowing Regex
			Section 6.8.  In Summary: Think!
			Section 6.9.  Quize Answers
		Chapter 7.  Perl
			Section 7.1.  Regular Expressions as a Language Component
			Section 7.2.  Perl's Regex Flavor
			Section 7.3.  Regex-Related Perlisms
			Section 7.4.  The qr/···/ Operator and Regex Objects
			Section 7.5.  The Match Operator
			Section 7.6.  The Substitution Operator
			Section 7.7.  The Split Operator
			Section 7.8.  Fun with Perl Enhancements
			Section 7.9.  Perl Efficiency Issues
			Section 7.10.  Final Comments
		Chapter 8.  Java
			Section 8.1.  Judging a Regex Package
			Section 8.2.  Object Models
			Section 8.3.  Packages, Packages, Packages
			Section 8.4.  Sun's Regex Package
			Section 8.5.  A Quick Look at Jakarta-ORO
		Chapter 9.  .NET
			Section 9.1.  .NET's Regex Flavor
			Section 9.2.  Using .NET Regular Expressions
			Section 9.3.  Core Object Details
			Section 9.4.  Static "Convenience" Functions
			Section 9.5.  Support Functions
			Section 9.6.  Advanced .NET
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