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JavaScript Regular Expressions in Detail
Explore JavaScript regular expressions: learn about regex history, create patterns with special characters, parse data, and match passwords/emails, gaining comprehensive text processing skills.
Regular Expressions, also known as Regex, come in handy in a multitude of text processing scenarios. Regex defines a search pattern using symbols and allows you to find matches within strings. The applications of this span from software engineering to data science and beyond.
In this course, you will begin with an introduction to regex, its history, and various types of regular expressions.
You will then learn how to create your own regular expressions using various techniques and special characters. In the latter half of the course, you will explore RegExp Objects, how to parse data, turn phrases into an array of strings, and lastly password and email pattern matching.
By the end of this course, you will be a regular expressions expert.
Regular Expressions, also known as Regex, come in handy in a multitude of text processing scenarios. Regex defines a search patt...Show More
Content
1.
The Beginning of Regular Expressions
6 Lessons
Get familiar with JavaScript regular expressions, their standards, history, and practical uses.
2.
The Anatomy of Regular Expressions
12 Lessons
Discover the logic behind defining and utilizing regular expressions with components and flags.
Defining a Regular ExpressionWhat’s Inside a Regular Expression?Special Characters: Character ClassesSpecial Characters: QuantifiersSpecial Characters: Capturing and Non-Capturing GroupsSpecial Characters: Matching the Protocol and HostnameSpecial Characters: Matching the URL and Non-Capturing GroupsFlagsExercise: A Simple InterpreterSolution Review: A Simple InterpreterSummaryQuiz on the Anatomy of Regular Expressions
3.
The RegExp Object
6 Lessons
Break apart the versatile use of the RegExp object for dynamic expressions.
4.
Thinking in Regular Expressions
8 Lessons
Enhance your skills in applying regular expressions for dynamic searches, parsing dates, and puzzles.
5.
Regular Expressions in the Wild
6 Lessons
Map out the steps for practical applications of regular expressions in password and email validation, and text transformations.
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