Comments for Regex Guru http://www.regexguru.com Irregular updates on the wonderful world of regular expressions by Jan Goyvaerts, developer of premier regular expression software and web sites Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Reguläre Ausdrücke Kochbuch by Jan Goyvaerts http://www.regexguru.com/2010/02/regulare-ausdrucke-kochbuch/#comment-1814 Jan Goyvaerts Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:38:13 +0000 http://www.regexguru.com/?p=94#comment-1814 Thanks for the link, Christian. I understand enough German to be able to read the review. Thanks for the link, Christian. I understand enough German to be able to read the review.

]]> Comment on Reguläre Ausdrücke Kochbuch by Christian Wettig http://www.regexguru.com/2010/02/regulare-ausdrucke-kochbuch/#comment-1813 Christian Wettig Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:29:41 +0000 http://www.regexguru.com/?p=94#comment-1813 Hi Jan, the website of one of Germany's leading computer magazines ("c't") just posted a very positive review of your book. http://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/Regulaere-Ausdruecke-Kochbuch-1046232.html It finishes with the statement: "Um es kurz zu machen: Das Kochbuch gehört in die Werkzeugkiste jedes Entwicklers." "In short: The Cookbook belongs to every developer's toolbox." If you're interested in a complete translation of the article, just drop me a line. Christian Hi Jan,

the website of one of Germany’s leading computer magazines (”c’t”) just posted a very positive review of your book.

http://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/Regulaere-Ausdruecke-Kochbuch-1046232.html

It finishes with the statement:
“Um es kurz zu machen: Das Kochbuch gehört in die Werkzeugkiste jedes Entwicklers.”
“In short: The Cookbook belongs to every developer’s toolbox.”

If you’re interested in a complete translation of the article, just drop me a line.

Christian

]]> Comment on Replacement Text Syntax for JavaScript’s String.replace() by Jan Goyvaerts http://www.regexguru.com/2010/06/replacement-text-syntax-for-javascripts-stringreplace/#comment-1650 Jan Goyvaerts Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:25:39 +0000 http://www.regexguru.com/?p=107#comment-1650 I've updated the <a href="http://www.regular-expressions.info/javascript.html" rel="nofollow">JavaScript</a> and <a href="http://www.regular-expressions.info/refflavors.html" rel="nofollow">flavor comparison</a> pages to clarify that these are browser-specific extensions. (Which I should have known because we got it right in chapter 2 of our book.) I’ve updated the JavaScript and flavor comparison pages to clarify that these are browser-specific extensions. (Which I should have known because we got it right in chapter 2 of our book.)

]]> Comment on Replacement Text Syntax for JavaScript’s String.replace() by Steven Levithan http://www.regexguru.com/2010/06/replacement-text-syntax-for-javascripts-stringreplace/#comment-1637 Steven Levithan Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:23:27 +0000 http://www.regexguru.com/?p=107#comment-1637 This list is missing $$, which inserts a single dollar sign. Also note that $+ and $_ are not part of the JavaScript specification and should not be used. Anywhere they are supported, they are browser-specific extensions. Specifically, $_ works in IE only, and $+ works in IE and Firefox only. Neither work in the current versions of Chrome, Safari, or Opera. This list is missing $$, which inserts a single dollar sign.

Also note that $+ and $_ are not part of the JavaScript specification and should not be used. Anywhere they are supported, they are browser-specific extensions. Specifically, $_ works in IE only, and $+ works in IE and Firefox only. Neither work in the current versions of Chrome, Safari, or Opera.

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