The Puzzling Quirks of Regular Expressions

David Mertz

ISBN 10: 1312160748 / ISBN 13: 9781312160743

Published by Lulu.com, 2021

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Synopsis:

This entertaining puzzle book, for software developers and programming hobbyists, enlightens readers about many of the amazing and surprising behaviors of regular expressions. The author presents a series of questions, each inviting readers to think at length--and indeed to try out code on their own--before turning the page for the author's discussion and solution. The code shown in this book gives attention to regular expressions themselves, but is run using the Python programming language in particular. Everything discussed can easily be adapted to other programming languages. The short book is accompanied by quirky and obliquely relevant illustrations that add character and whimsy to the text.

About the Author: David Mertz is the founder of KDM Training, a partnership dedicated to educating developers and data scientists in machine learning and scientific computing. Previously, he created the data science training program for Anaconda Inc. With the advent of deep neural networks he has turned to training our robot overlords as well. He was honored to work for 8 years with D. E. Shaw Research, who have built the world's fastest, highly-specialized, supercomputer for performing molecular dynamics. David was a Director of the PSF for six years, and remains co-chair of its Trademarks Committee and of its Scientific Python Working Group. His columns, Charming Python and XML Matters, written in the 2000s, were the most widely read articles in the Python world. He has written previous books for Packt, O'Reilly and Addison-Wesley, and has given keynote addresses at numerous international programming conferences. Long ago, he earned a doctorate in post-structuralist political philosophy. Fate is a cruel mistress.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Puzzling Quirks of Regular Expressions
Publisher: Lulu.com
Publication Date: 2021
Binding: Paperback / softback
Condition: New