Regular Expressions Exerciser (Word 2000)

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Thanks! That’s a keeper.

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(Edited by chrisgreaves on 27-May-08 03:43. Added example strings)

I wrote the little Regular Expressions Exerciser so that I could brush up on my skills before passing some of them on to the client …..

Use your Tab key to flip between the two text boxes.
Exiting the source string box clears the result.
Exiting the regexp box evaluates the result.

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>Thanks! That’s a keeper.
Thanks, Steve. Like me. Simple, but works.
I added (in the document body) some examples of strings, and u/l a newer version, then used post 285,052 to obtain the table tags for this post.

String to be searched	Mask
Greaves	Greaves	Literal characters
Gray	Gr[ea]y	Match any one of
B03	[A-P][0-9][0-9]	Match any one of
C04	[A-P][^0][0-9]	Not match
D05	wdd	Shortcuts
Cat	…	Match any single character
Draft dodger	^draft	Start of string
Dodger of draft	Draft$	End of string
Jupiter my @#$!%-cat companion	Cat|dog|mouse	Alternation
Colour	Colu?r	Optional
Html	Html*	Zero or more
Ascii	Asci+	One or more
Groovy!	Gro{2,2}vy	Specific count

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