From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-11-19T09:30:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Tales of the Regex (Re: About Regular Expressions)

Mauricio Fern�ndez wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 04:26:08AM +0900, James Britt wrote:
> 
>>One a side note, I wonder what it would take to write a domain language, 
>>parable by Ruby, that let one write REs in plain-ish English?  Maybe 
>>take some of the mystery out of regular expressions for most of the 
>>common cases.  (Or would that just get people dependent on too much 
>>hand-holding?)
>>
> 
> 
> Take a look at Florian Gro�' Regexp::English.
> Short example: http://www.rubycookbook.org/cookbook/view/ReadableRegularExpressions
> 
> Also Simon Strandgaard's re might interest you; you can do things like

It truly is a magical Ruby world.  Feels like Christmas already.


Thanks,

James