How to use the regular expression functions provided by the ‘re’ library to match, search, and replace text in your Python programs.

String manipulation is always resource-intensive, but compiled regex in Python and Java can help keep performance issues at bay.

But under the hood, it’s far more powerful than that. If you're only using it to brainstorm ideas or edit emails, you're missing out on some seriously impressive hacks that can save you time, simplify ...

This chapter’s first section introduces and explains all the key regular expression concepts and shows pure regular expression syntax—it makes minimal reference to Python itself. Then the second ...