Understanding JavaScript RegExp

Understanding JavaScript RegExp will help you learn JavaScript Regular Expressions, a mini-programming language for all sorts of text processing needs. The book heavily leans on examples to present features of regular expressions one by one.

Table of Contents

• Why is it needed?
• RegExp introduction
• Anchors
• Alternation and Grouping
• Escaping metacharacters
• Dot metacharacter and Quantifiers
• Interlude: Tools for debugging and visualization
• Working with matched portions
• Character class
• Groupings and backreferences
• Interlude: Common tasks
• Lookarounds
• Unicode

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