Hello, Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the archive. Thanks. -Christos Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. Nuvera Biosciences, Inc. 400 West Cummings Park Suite 5350 Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: 781-938-3830 www.nuverabio.com <http://www.nuverabio.com/> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Christos Hatzis wrote: CH > Hello, CH > CH > Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on CH > applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of CH > such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the CH > archive. CH > CH > Thanks. CH > -Christos There are MANY FREE tutorials on regular expressions. Just google regular expressions tutorial. Anne
> Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on > applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of > such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the > archive.Mastering regular expressions by Jeffrey Friedl (http://books.google.com/books?q=editions%3AISBN0596528124) is the classic reference. Although it doesn't cover R explicitly, R does support perl compatible regular expressions which are discussed in the book. Regardless, most of the topics are general enough not to depend tightly on the specific regexp engine. Hadley -- http://had.co.nz/
Its not a book but there are some references to sites that explain regular expressions in the Links box of the gsubfn home page: http://gsubfn.googlecode.com On Dec 11, 2007 10:46 AM, Christos Hatzis <christos at nuverabio.com> wrote:> Hello, > > Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on > applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of > such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the > archive. > > Thanks. > -Christos > > Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. > Nuvera Biosciences, Inc. > 400 West Cummings Park > Suite 5350 > Woburn, MA 01801 > Tel: 781-938-3830 > www.nuverabio.com <http://www.nuverabio.com/> > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
I've found the O'Reilly pocket reference "Regular Expression" (about USD 10.00) quite handy. It covers Perl, C, PHP, Python, Java, and .Net. David L. Reiner Rho Trading Securities, LLC -----Original Message----- From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] On Behalf Of Christos Hatzis Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:47 AM To: r-help at r-project.org Subject: [R] book on regular expressions Hello, Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focus on applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was a mention of such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that message on the archive. Thanks. -Christos Christos Hatzis, Ph.D. Nuvera Biosciences, Inc. 400 West Cummings Park Suite 5350 Woburn, MA 01801 Tel: 781-938-3830 www.nuverabio.com <http://www.nuverabio.com/> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>>> "hadley wickham" <h.wickham at gmail.com> 11/12/2007 17:02 >>> > Could someone recommend a good book on regular expressions with focuson> applications/use as it might relate to R. I remember there was amention of> such a reference book recently, but I could not locate that messageon the> archive.It's not specific to R, which wraps regular expressions up in quoted strings so has a couple of wrinkles compared to Perl, but I found the O'Reilly " Regular Expression Pocket Reference" a good quick reference, and rather cheaper than the whole book. It's hard to see R users needing chapter and verse on the complete gamut of regexps. Steve E