Mastering Regular Expressions
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Mastering Regular Expressions
Jeffrey Friedl
7 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2011–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Mastering Regular Expressions by Jeffrey E. F. Friedl. You get what's on the tin with this one. I've used RE's to great effect throughout my career and I mostly have this book to thank for it.
Mastering Regular Expressions was the start to my programming career as well. Having references to a bunch of other languages spurred my curiosity to learn them.
It explained everything so clearly and easily that to this day I love regular expressions.
This was my first real "programming" book, and my first O'Reilly animal book and it changed the course of my life in a real and tangible sense.
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- Ask HN: What book changed your life? 2022 · 3 recommendations
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- Ask HN: What is the greatest book you've ever read? 2011 · 1 recommendation