From 6e224071cc8798caebd8f1c3b320a597e63199b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zeeshan Ahmed Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 05:33:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update --- README.md | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index fdffae8..b30aa21 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,9 @@ # What is Regular Expression? -Regular expression is a group of character or symbols which is used to find a specific pattern from a text. The word "Regular expression" is a mouthful, you will usually find the term abbreviated as "regex" or "regexp". Regular expression is used for replacing a text withing a string, validating form, extract a substring from a string based upon a pattern match, and so much more. +Regular expression is a group of character or symbols which is used to find a specific pattern from a text. +The word "Regular expression" is a mouthful, you will usually find the term abbreviated as "regex" or +"regexp". Regular expression is used for replacing a text withing a string, validating form, extract a substring +from a string based upon a pattern match, and so much more. # Table of Contents @@ -16,21 +19,25 @@ Regular expression is a group of character or symbols which is used to find a sp # 1. Basic Matchers -A regular expression is just a pattern of letters and digits that we used to search in a text. For example the regular expression `cat` means: the letter `c`, followed by the letter `a`, followed by the letter `t`. +A regular expression is just a pattern of letters and digits that we used to search in a text. For example the +regular expression `cat` means: the letter `c`, followed by the letter `a`, followed by the letter `t`. 
-"cat" => The cat sat on the mat
+"cat" => The cat sat on the mat
-The regular expression `123` matches the string "123". The regular expression is matched against an input string by comparing each character in the regular expression to each character in the input string, one after another. Regular expressions are normally case-sensitive so the regular expression `Cat` would not match the string "cat". +The regular expression `123` matches the string "123". The regular expression is matched against an input string +by comparing each character in the regular expression to each character in the input string, one after another. +Regular expressions are normally case-sensitive so the regular expression `Cat` would not match the string "cat". 
-"Cat" => The cat sat on the Cat
+"Cat" => The cat sat on the Cat
# 2. Meta Characters -Meta characters are the building blocks of the regular expressions. Some meta characters have a special meaning that are written inside the square brackets. The meta character are as follows: +Meta characters are the building blocks of the regular expressions. Some meta characters have a special meaning +that are written inside the square brackets. The meta character are as follows: |Meta character|Description| |:----:|----| @@ -49,33 +56,41 @@ Meta characters are the building blocks of the regular expressions. Some meta ch # 2.1 Full stop -Full stop `.` is the simplest example of meta character. The meta character `.` matches any single character. It will not match return or new line characters. For example the regular expression `.ar` means: any character, followed by the letter `a`, followed by the letter `r`. +Full stop `.` is the simplest example of meta character. The meta character `.` matches any single character. It +will not match return or new line characters. For example the regular expression `.ar` means: any character, +followed by the letter `a`, followed by the letter `r`. 
-".ar" => The car parked in the garage.
+".ar" => The car parked in the garage.
# 2.2 Character set -Character sets are also called character class. Square brackets are used to specify character sets. Use hyphen inside character set to specify the characters range. The order of the character range inside square brackets doesn't matter. For example the regular expression `[Tt]he` means: an uppercase `T` or lowercase `t`, followed by the letter `h`, followed by the letter `e`. +Character sets are also called character class. Square brackets are used to specify character sets. Use hyphen +inside character set to specify the characters range. The order of the character range inside square brackets +doesn't matter. For example the regular expression `[Tt]he` means: an uppercase `T` or lowercase `t`, followed by +the letter `h`, followed by the letter `e`. 
-"[Tt]he" => The car parked in the garage.
+"[Tt]he" => The car parked in the garage.
## 2.2.1 Negated character set -In general the caret symbol represents the start of the string, but when it is typed after the opening square bracket it negates the character set. For example the regular expression `[^c]ar` means: any character except `c`, followed by the character `a`, followed by the letter `r`. +In general the caret symbol represents the start of the string, but when it is typed after the opening square +bracket it negates the character set. For example the regular expression `[^c]ar` means: any character except +`c`, followed by the character `a`, followed by the letter `r`. 
-"[^c]ar" => The car parked in the garage.
+"[^c]ar" => The car parked in the garage.
## 2.2.2 Repeating character set -We can repeat a character class by using `+`, `*` or `?` operators. For example the regular expression `[a-z]+` means: any number of lowercase letters in a row. +We can repeat a character class by using `+`, `*` or `?` operators. For example the regular expression `[a-z]+` +means: any number of lowercase letters in a row. 
-"[a-z]+" => The car parked in the garage.
+"[a-z]+" => The car parked in the garage.
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