Comments on: Regular Expressions Part III: Anchors ^ http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/ LunaMetric's blog on conversion rate and web analytics Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:40:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ By: Business cards News » Gotta Make It. Usually they make regular http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/#comment-1883 Business cards News » Gotta Make It. Usually they make regular Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:00:12 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=253#comment-1883 [...] Regular Expressions Part III: Anchors ^ | Increasing your (Useful factoid: the people who work with Regular Expressions all the time call them RegEx. I have no idea how they make that plural.) [...] [...] Regular Expressions Part III: Anchors ^ | Increasing your (Useful factoid: the people who work with Regular Expressions all the time call them RegEx. I have no idea how they make that plural.) [...]

]]> By: steve http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/#comment-667 steve Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:29:15 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=253#comment-667 Laura: If you meant: ^\contact\ ???? Then yes. Congrats! :-) Just want to ensure you didn't mean to include the ... as part of the regular expression. Just be aware that if you have "\contact\you\" and didn't want that to match, then your expression won't work. Regular Expressions are not as simple as just what will match, but also ensuring you don't get too much. Or don't match too much. Cheers! - Steve I do so enjoy having access to a comments rss feed. :-) Laura: If you meant:

^\contact\

???? Then yes. Congrats! :-) Just want to ensure you didn’t mean to include the … as part of the regular expression.

Just be aware that if you have “\contact\you\” and didn’t want that to match, then your expression won’t work. Regular Expressions are not as simple as just what will match, but also ensuring you don’t get too much. Or don’t match too much.

Cheers!
- Steve
I do so enjoy having access to a comments rss feed. :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/#comment-666 Anonymous Tue, 10 Jul 2007 05:56:20 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=253#comment-666 so then, www.mysite.com\contact\me\ would also show when using ^\contact\ .... do I get it? Enjoy these posts. Thanks for doing this. Laura so then, http://www.mysite.com\contact\me\ would also show when using ^\contact\ …. do I get it?

Enjoy these posts. Thanks for doing this.

Laura

]]> By: Justin Cutroni http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/#comment-281 Justin Cutroni Wed, 13 Sep 2006 01:53:00 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=253#comment-281 Hey Robbin,<BR/><BR/>Great post! I haven't read the full series but plan to. I'm not sure if you've mentioned this, but there is a great RegEx testing tool. The RegEx Coach:<BR/><BR/>http://weitz.de/regex-coach/<BR/><BR/>Of course I prefer the tool on the EpikOne site, but I'm partial ;)<BR/><BR/>Justin Hey Robbin,

Great post! I haven’t read the full series but plan to. I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned this, but there is a great RegEx testing tool. The RegEx Coach:

http://weitz.de/regex-coach/

Of course I prefer the tool on the EpikOne site, but I’m partial ;)

Justin

]]> By: LunaMetrics Blog http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/#comment-282 LunaMetrics Blog Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:20:00 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=253#comment-282 Oh, RegExen, I really like that one. Definitely makes me sound like I understand this weird field.<BR/><BR/>Robbin Oh, RegExen, I really like that one. Definitely makes me sound like I understand this weird field.

Robbin

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2006/09/10/regular-expressions-part-iii-anchors/#comment-283 Anonymous Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:12:00 +0000 http://72.22.16.69/blog/?p=253#comment-283 Plural?<BR/>For me it depends on context. :-)<BR/><BR/>With one good friend (now a linux kernel hacker by day), I use "RE's".<BR/>At work I tend to use "RegEx's". When communicating with those who would not necessarilly appreciate or understand the shortening, I spell it out in full: "Regular Expressions".<BR/><BR/>Naturally the prior use of the apostrophe is not to indicate ownership or annoy English majors, rather to forcibly separate the 's' from the previous "word" and highlight the use of the plural form.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, as a single Regular Expression is frequently made up of multiple Regular Expressions; such a separation can be more descriptive of the intent.<BR/><BR/>Bad writing style, good email clarity.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Wikipedia offers:<BR/>regexps, regexes, or regexen<BR/><BR/>Tho I think the latter is purely to help the speaker sound educated. :-)<BR/><BR/><BR/>Confused?<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>- Steve Plural?
For me it depends on context. :-)

With one good friend (now a linux kernel hacker by day), I use “RE’s”.
At work I tend to use “RegEx’s”. When communicating with those who would not necessarilly appreciate or understand the shortening, I spell it out in full: “Regular Expressions”.

Naturally the prior use of the apostrophe is not to indicate ownership or annoy English majors, rather to forcibly separate the ’s’ from the previous “word” and highlight the use of the plural form.

Additionally, as a single Regular Expression is frequently made up of multiple Regular Expressions; such a separation can be more descriptive of the intent.

Bad writing style, good email clarity.

Wikipedia offers:
regexps, regexes, or regexen

Tho I think the latter is purely to help the speaker sound educated. :-)

Confused?

:-)

- Steve

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